Abstract
In the development of international legal regulation of normal working time, where an attempt has already been made to build a holistic sci entific understanding of such regulation at the universal level and proposals for a new international act have been put forward, establishing a shorter working hours, a comparative analysis of the legal regulation carried out by regional international organizations in the post Soviet space and the European continent seems relevant. This is predicated by closer regional cooperation, in which states often develop more progressive and concrete labor standards than those established by universal international i nstruments. Purpose to develop a comprehensive scientific understanding of current regional standards on normal working time in a comparative legal context. Methods: to achieve this goal, general and specific scientific research methods are used, includin g formal logic, theoretical and empirical research, comparative legal methods and others. Results: the research presents the specifics of normal working time legal regulation within the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Union State of Russia and Bela rus, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Council of Europe and the European Union. A general conclusion has been reached that regional standards on normal working time largely correspond to universal standards. For this reason, regional acts, the provisions o f which regulate the social relations in the sphere of labor under consideration, cannot yet become a starting point for improving international labor standards at the universal level.