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[–] 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

30 is common, but I wouldn't say standard. An hour a day feels standard.

In office work, you usually get it all in one chunk, whereas if you work physically demanding or shift-based work, you get 15 minutes coffee break, then at lunch 30 minutes, then another 15 minutes later. This is true at least for all the western European countries.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    What I noticed is that often it's "30 minutes lunch with 7:30 of work time, for a total of 8 hours at work", or "1 hour lunch with 8 hours of work time, for a total of 9 hours at work".

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    In Germany it's dependent on the work hours and type of physical activity, for me it's:
    <6 hours, no break (for adults)
    6-8 hours, 30 minutes break
    8-10 hours, 45 minutes break
    >10 hours, 1 hour

    6-9 hours, 30 minutes
    >9 hours, 45 minutes

    With breaks being a minimum of 15 minutes at a time, and you're not allowed to work workout breaks for more than 6 hours at a time.
    if you have a job where you have to concentrate a lot (assembly lines, bus/truck drivers, air traffic controllers) these times change a lot, sometimes down to like 1 hour maximum continuous work and then 15-30 minutes of break time.

    EDIT: @zaphod@sopuli.xyz was right, Source (in German)

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