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  2. Eight-hour day movement - Wikipedia

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    The eight-hour work day was became legal in Italy on 17 April 1925, after a law passed 15 March 1923 [25] authorized the king to set a limit on daily work hours, and a royal decree issued on 10 September 1923. The law set a maximum limit of work at 8 hours per day, albeit for six days a week for a 48-hour work week. [26]

  3. Adamson Act - Wikipedia

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    The Act, formerly codified at 45 U.S.C. §§ 65, 66, was repealed in 1996 when it provided: §65. Establishment of eight hour day Eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure of standard of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation for services of all employees who are now or may hereafter be employed by any common carrier by ...

  4. Paid time off - Wikipedia

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    Paid time off, planned time off, or personal time off (PTO), is a policy in some employee handbooks that provides a bank of hours in which the employer pools sick days, vacation days, and personal days that allows employees to use as the need or desire arises.

  5. List of minimum annual leave by country - Wikipedia

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    Every worker is entitled to paid annual leave of at least the equivalent in hours of five weeks and one working day calculated on the basis of a 40-hour working week and 8-hour working day. Workers are also entitled to 14 paid public holidays. [14] 27 14 41 Marshall Islands: There are 11 public holidays [131] in the Marshall Islands. Employees ...

  6. 8-hour workday - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; 8-hour workday

  7. Labour Day - Wikipedia

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    Labour Day is an annual day of celebration of the achievements of workers.It has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.

  8. Working time - Wikipedia

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    It suggests an 8-hour work day, a 44-hour standard work week, a 60-hour maximum work week and an overtime pay of 1.5 times the usual pay. [ 65 ] Poon Siu-ping of Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions thought that it is possible to set work hour limit for all industries; and the regulation on working hours can ensure the overtime ...

  9. Sick leave in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Montgomery County's sick and safe leave law, enacted on October 1, 2016, grants up to 56 hours of paid sick leave to anyone who works more than 8 hours a week and for a company with more than 5 employees. [24] All employers are required by Maryland law to inform their workers in writing the amount of available earned sick and safe leave. [25]