Hours of work

(1) Subject to the provisions of regulation (2) below, no worker shall be obliged to work more than five days in any week or for more than nine hours of actual work in any day or forty- five hours of actual work in any week. (2) The provisions of regulation (1) above shall not apply to– (a) workers employed in the rearing and/or tending of animals and poultry, in cases where a higher or specific scale of wages is paid; (b) workers who are employed on piece work and are not continuously supervised, or on task work; (c) workers engaged in meeting natural disasters such as forest fire or hurricane emergency, provided that over time rates are paid for hours of actual work in excess of the hours of work prescribed in subregulation (1) of this regulation. (3) The hours of work of workers referred to paragraph (2)(a) above shall be so arranged that workers have two days each week free. If they are required to work on a free day, overtime shall be paid in accordance with regulation 8 (1) Belize Constitution 175 (4) During each morning and afternoon of work a ten-minute break shall be allowed at such times as the Head of Department in his discretion may consider fit.