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  2. General Schedule (US civil service pay scale) - Wikipedia

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    The GG pay rates are generally identical to published GS pay rates. The GS-1 through GS-7 range generally marks entry-level positions, while mid-level positions are in the GS-8 to GS-12 range and top-level positions (senior managers, high-level technical specialists, or physicians) are in the GS-13 to GS-15 range.

  3. Wage payment systems - Wikipedia

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    Time Rate Systems. Time Rate System: Under this system, the worker is paid by the hour, day, week, or month. High Wage plan: Under this plan a worker is paid a wage rate which is substantially higher than the rate prevailing in the area or in the industry. In return, he is expected to maintain a very high level of performance, both quantitative ...

  4. Eight-hour day movement - Wikipedia

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    On 5 January 1914 the Ford Motor Company took the radical step of doubling pay to $5 a day (equivalent to $150 in 2023 [44]) and cutting shifts from nine hours to eight, moves that were not popular with rival companies, although seeing the increase in Ford's productivity, and a significant increase in profit margin (from $30 million to $60 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Workday, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Workday, Inc., is an American on‑demand (cloud-based) financial management, human capital management, and student information system software vendor. Workday was founded by David Duffield , founder and former CEO of ERP company PeopleSoft , along with former PeopleSoft chief strategist Aneel Bhusri , following Oracle 's acquisition of ...

  7. Workweek and weekend - Wikipedia

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    A weekday or workday is any day of the working week. Other institutions often follow this pattern, such as places of education . The constituted weekend has varying definitions, based on determined calendar days, designated period of time, and/or regional definition of the working week (e.g., commencing after 5:00 p.m. on Friday and lasting ...

  8. Full-time equivalent - Wikipedia

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    For example, a full week of 40 hours has an FTE value of 1.0, so a person working 20 hours would have an FTE value of 0.5. Certain industries may adopt 35 hours, depending on the company, its location and the nature of work. Whole-time equivalent (WTE) is the same as FTE and applies also to students in education. [7]

  9. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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    The Mississippi State Supreme Court upheld a ten hour workday statute in 1912 when it ruled against the due process arguments of an interstate lumber company. [151] The whole Lochner era of jurisprudence was reversed by the US Supreme Court in 1937, [152] but experimentation to improve working time rights, and "work-life balance" has not yet ...