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The majority of countries worldwide have regulations concerning minimum wage and standard weekly working hours. For instance, in Vietnam, the standard weekly working hours are 48, with a minimum wage of 4,420,000 Vietnamese dong per month for Zone I and 3,070,000 Vietnamese dong per month for Zone IV (Decree 90/2019-ND-CP). This implies that businesses must pay at least this amount, depending on their operating zone.Although the standard working hours are 48 hours per week, the OECD - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development states that in many countries around the world, ordinary workers must work more to surpass the society's poverty threshold. According to the OECD, poverty is defined as an income less than half the average per capita income.In the United States, single individuals without children must work 61 hours per week at the minimum wage to overcome poverty. The minimum wage in the U.S. is $7.25 per hour according to federal law enacted since July 2009. Ordinary workers in Spain have fewer working hours, 27 hours per week if single and 55 hours per week if a family has four members.
