Working hours & minimum wage check
Check a weekly schedule and a pay rate against a country's statutory working week and minimum wage — every figure read off the official source.
This compares your numbers with statutory floors only. It does not model overtime premiums, averaging periods, sector or collective agreements, youth or trainee rates, or state and provincial rules. Not legal advice — confirm with the linked source.
How to use
- Choose a country and enter your daily hours, days per week and any extra hours.
- Optionally enter your pay in the currency the law uses, per hour, day or month.
- Read each result against the law, with its source and check date.
Runs entirely in your browser — nothing you enter is sent to a server.
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Frequently asked questions
Where do the legal figures come from?
Each line of the result links the official page it was read from and the date it was read. Working-week and leave figures come from the statute or the labour ministry; minimum wages from each government's own page. Where we could not read a figure on an official page, the tool says it is not verified instead of filling it in.
Why are 45 hours fine in one country and not in another?
Because "standard week" means different things. In Japan 40 hours is a limit that only the overtime rules can extend; in the United States 40 hours is just the point where overtime pay starts; in Australia extra hours must be reasonable. Some maximums, such as the UK's and Germany's 48 hours, are averages over several weeks, so one long week is not a breach.
My pay is monthly but the minimum is hourly. How do you compare them?
Your pay is restated in the law's unit using your own schedule, and the formula is shown (a month counts as 52 ÷ 12 weeks). The legal minimum itself is never converted. Overtime premiums, youth and trainee rates, sector agreements and state or provincial minimums are not modelled.
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