Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

I have a question on behalf of my fiance. My fiance is currently here on a work visa. She has a Bachelors of fine Arts in Interior Design and serves as a project manager/interior designer for a Company in Irvine, CA. She is salaried and makes makes $2,500 a month. However, she works 60-80 hours routinely and it's not uncommon for her to work 90 hours in a week. One day last week she worked from 7am-1:30am (18.5hrs) one day, then was required to come in at 5am the next day and once again worked until 1:30am (21.5 hrs). Maybe I'm oblivious to working laws, but is that legal? Further, she has talked to her boss on several occasions regarding being overworked and was not able to hold back tears while doing so. All the boss could do was laugh at her and tell her, it's good work experiance. During the grand opening event for a business renovation she had just completed, which she spent 90+ hours the week of preparing for, her boss, infront of the client and client's friends/family that were there for the event, belittled her and talked about how funny it was that she cried on three occasions during this project. Not only that, the event was the first time I met her employer. He approached me and I said how prowd I was of what she had designed/accomplished. His response was a reitteration of how she cried three times during the project and couldn't stop laughing while saying it. Needless to say, my girlfriend was hurt and embarassed. He has also sent her several messages when she goes home for the day, after working 10+ hours, directing her to return to work or chastising her for not staying later. Yesterday, after working 11 hours, my girlfriend returned home at 730pm. The boss promptly sent her a message stating, "If you have time for fun, there's more work you can do here." The boss routinely creates a hostile work enviroment. There is more then I am putting here, but these are the major issues in which she deals with on a daily basis. She is afraid to do anything currently do to her work visa and her company supporting it, or else I would have already told her to quit. I'm emailing you since I believe what he is doing is wrong and immoral/illegal. Can you please give me some advice?

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