• employers must provide suitable and set times for rest
• children are not allowed to work for more than four hours without a 1 hour break
• there must be at least two weeks (taken together) in a year when the child must not work
• children are not allowed to work before 7am or after 7pm, whether they are paid or unpaid
• children of compulsory school age are not allowed to work during school time unless it is work experience, arranged by the school

From the age of 13 to 15

• school days – no more than two hours outside of school hours
• Saturdays – no more than five hours
• Sundays – no more than two hours
• school holidays – no more than five hours a day (with a maximum of 25 hours a week)

From the age of 15 until the child finishes compulsory education

• school days – no more than two hours outside of school hours
• Saturdays – no more than eight hours
• Sundays – no more than two hours
• school holidays – no more than eight hours a day (with a maximum of 35 hours a week)