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.
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”.
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.
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.
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”.
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 break8-10 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)
In Germany it’s 45 minutes break if you work more than 9 hours.