This is only true if your employment contract doesn't specify a certain number of hours a week, or if there's no standard. A simple test to see what the standar

This is only true if your employment contract doesn't specify a certain number of hours a week, or if there's no standard. A simple test to see what the standard for a day is is the hours a company considers a vacation day. As much as your employer may like to think they own you, the reality is quite different, even for salaried employees who don't get paid overtime. There is a reasonableness test that can be applied.