April 23 marked a defining moment for the Biden administration, a watershed of multiple significant actions to protect the interests of working people. We know, from Michael D. Shear of The New York ...

WASHINGTON -- The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the ...

A 40-hour work week is a thing of the past for many people, and the best way to get it back could be to take a pay cut. A study shows that 45 percent of Seattle employees are working more than they ...

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Workplace experts can’t decide what’s the “sweet spot” of working hours for Gen Z workers—but they know it’s not 60 hours, as Google’s Sergey Brin posited. That schedule is unsustainable, but 40-hour ...

Henry Ford popularized the 40-hour work week in 1926 after he realized that working more only produced a small increase in productivity. However, it wasn’t until 1940 that the 40-hour work week became ...