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## Standard hours of work

As an employee or [student intern](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/workplace/federal-labour-standards/interns.html), your standard hours of work are:

- 8 hours in a day (any period of 24 consecutive hours)
- 40 hours in a week (the period between midnight on Saturday and midnight on the Saturday that immediately follows)

### Maximum hours of work

In most cases, the maximum hours of work allowable in a week is 48.

- [source](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/workplace/federal-labour-standards/work-hours.html)
