Global Labor Law & Shift Scheduling Compliance Rules

This package contains structured shift scheduling compliance, labor limits, and overtime rules for 5,000+ regions globally, curated by the research team at Daywatch.

🔗 Project Links

• Attribution Website: Daywatch Labor Compliance Center
• Application Website: Daywatch Automated Scheduler

📦 Installation

npm install global-labor-compliance-rules

🚀 Usage

const { rules, getRulesForCountry, getRulesForRegion } = require('global-labor-compliance-rules');

// 1. Get all rules
console.log(`Loaded ${rules.length} compliance records.`);

// 2. Filter rules by country
const usRules = getRulesForCountry('United States');
console.log(`Loaded ${usRules.length} US states/regions.`);

// 3. Get rules for a specific region
const californiaRules = getRulesForRegion('United States', 'California');
console.log(californiaRules);

📊 Data Schema

Each record conforms to the following schema:

| Field | Type | Description | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | country | string | Country name (e.g. United States, Germany, India) | | region | string | State, province, or region name | | city | string | City name (or "All" if rules apply state/country-wide) | | sector | string | Target sector (e.g. Retail & Food, General) | | predictiveNoticeDays | string | Required advance notice days to publish shift schedules | | lateChangePremium | string | Premium paid for late schedule modifications | | minRestBetweenShiftsHours | string | Mandatory rest duration between shifts | | maxDailyHoursBeforeOt | string | Daily work hours limit before overtime triggers | | maxWeeklyHoursBeforeOt | string | Weekly work hours limit before overtime triggers | | overtimeMultiplier | string | Overtime multiplier rate (e.g. 1.5x) | | splitShiftPremium | string | Compensation details for scheduling split-shifts | | clopeningRestrictionHours | string | Required rest hours between closing and opening shifts | | clopeningPremium | string | Penalty or premium paid for clopening violations | | shiftCancellationNoticeHours | string | Notice required to cancel a shift without penalty | | shiftCancellationPenalty | string | Fee paid to worker for late shift cancellations |

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You are free to use this package in commercial or academic projects, provided you attribute Daywatch by maintaining the backlinks.