Is it illegal to work more than 8 hours?

Employees shall not work more than 8 hours a day. So it is not illegal to work more than eight hours a day. Details are as follows:

1, according to the relevant provisions of the labor law, the state implements the eight-hour working system, that is, the working hours of workers are no more than eight hours a day and no more than 44 hours a week, which is the standard working hours.

However, due to the needs of production and work, the employer must negotiate with the workers to extend the working hours, that is, overtime, and obtain the consent of the trade union. However, overtime is not an infinite extension of working hours, and the employer should extend the working hours by one to three hours according to the physical condition of the workers;

If the employee asks the employee to work overtime, he shall pay 1.5 times the hourly wage, which shall not be lower than 150% of the wage. Otherwise, employees can safeguard their rights and interests according to law.

2. For special industries, such as railways, aviation, posts and telecommunications, exploration, etc. Conditional units may, with the approval of the labor administrative department, implement different working and rest hours.

Therefore, for special posts, the working hours can be adjusted to 12 hours.

Legal basis: Article 36 of the Labor Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The state practices a working-hour system in which workers work no more than 8 hours a day and 44 hours a week on average.