Meal breaks and rest periods

You must have a meal break of 60 minutes after 5 hours' work. A written agreement may lower this to 30 minutes and do away with the meal break if you work less than 6 hours a day. You must have a daily rest period of 12 continuous hours and a weekly rest period of 36 continuous hours. Unless otherwise agreed, this must include Sundays.

Sick Leave

You can take up to 6 weeks' paid sick leave during a 36-month cycle.

During the first 6 months of starting at a company, you can take 1 day's paid sick leave for every 26 days you’ve worked. An employer may want a medical certificate before paying you when you’re sick for more than 2 days at a time or more than twice in 8 weeks.

This is in South Africa.. The US is fucked up and sets a bad example and precedent for the rest of the world. Corporate right wing America unfortunately seems to be a mind virus that's spreading..

Australian rules are similar. I believe we are required to take a break of at least half an hour after every five hours of work. 1 hour is the standard lunch entitlement

We also have an unwritten right to two 15 minute paid breaks for morning and afternoon tea which will slowly disappear as fewer and fewer people use it