The US has overtime laws as well, but certain types of job are exempt from them. I don't know all the details of the law but in practice, basically all white-co

The US has overtime laws as well, but certain types of job are exempt from them. I don't know all the details of the law but in practice, basically all white-collar jobs are exempt. Here's a list of exemptions: https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/whd/flsa/screen75.asp https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/whd/flsa/screen75.asp