Why does the Labor Law not prohibit night shift in factories? Why does the Labor Law not prohibit factories from working on night shifts? The Labor Law only clearly stipulates the working hours. As for the day shift or night shift. How to work the night shift, there is no clear stipulation on what working system to implement (standard working hour system, irregular working hour system and comprehensive calculation working hour system), which shall be determined by the employer according to the actual situation. However, no matter what kind of working system is adopted, the legal working hours of 8 hours/day, 40 hours/week and 167.4 hours/month cannot be deviated. Any overtime is overtime, and the corresponding overtime pay shall be paid in accordance with Article 44 of the Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China. Article 44 Under any of the following circumstances, the employing unit shall pay labourers higher wages and remunerations than those for normal working hours according to the following standards: (1) no less than 150 percent of the wages and remunerations shall be paid to labourers who are arranged to extend their working hours; （2） If a worker is arranged to work on a rest day but cannot be arranged to take compensatory time off, he shall be paid not less than 200 percent of his salary. (3) If a worker is arranged to work on a statutory holiday, he shall be paid not less than 300 percent of his salary. Do you understand this explanation?
