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2 ημέρες πριν · Explore North Carolina’s labor laws in this all-encompassing guide for 2025, detailing wages, breaks, overtime, and essential rights for workers.
Under-18s are not allowed to work more than eight hours per day and more than 40 hours per week. Under-18s are also required to receive: A short, 30-minute break if they work over four hours and 30 minutes in a day. 12 hours of rest between working times. Two rest days per week.
North Carolina labor laws require an employer to pay overtime to employees, unless otherwise exempt, at the rate of on and one-half (1½) times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek.
What to Know About Breaks. The North Carolina Wage and Hour Act does not require mandatory rest breaks or meal breaks for employees 16 years of age or older. The WHA requires breaks only for youths under 16 years of age.
Overtime Pay, Salary and Comp Time. An employer must pay its employees at least the minimum wage for all hours worked, and time and one-half overtime pay based on an employee's regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek unless the employee is exempt for some reason.
Hours Worked and Mandatory Overtime. There are no wage and hour laws that limit the amount of hours that a person 18 years of age or older can work either by the day, week, or number of days in a row, or that require breaks for employees 16 years of age or older.
In North Carolina, adult employees are not entitled by state law to breaks or meal periods. Youth employees under the age of eighteen must receive a 30-minute break after working five consecutive hours. The FLSA mandates that short breaks, if provided by the employer, are compensable work time.
