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The eight-hour work day was established in Finland in 1917 as a result of the November general strike. According to the law accepted in late 1917, maximum work day was 8 hours and maximum work week 47 hours. Five-day work week was established gradually between 1966 and 1970. [20]
The 40-hour work week was a pragmatic solution to problems of industry and unemployment, but it was also a hard-fought victory for labor and human rights activists.
Most office workers have flexible working hours and can largely decide themselves on how to divide these over the week. The working week is regulated by Arbetstidslagen (Work time law) to a maximum of 40 hours per week. [96] The 40-hour-week is however easily bypassed by overtime. The law allows a maximum of 200 hours overtime per year. [97]
Brazil has a 44-hour work week, normally 8 hours per day and 4 hours on Saturday or 8.8 hours per day. Jobs with no meal breaks or on-duty meal breaks are 6 hours per day. Public servants work 40 hours per week. Lunch breaks are one hour and are not usually counted as work. A typical work schedule is 8:00 or 9:00–12:00, 13:00–18:00.
The bill, titled the “Thirty-Two Hour Work Week Act,” would reduce the standard workweek from 40 to 32 hours over the span of four years, including lowering the maximum hours required for ...
The 40-hour week movement, or eight-hour day movement, was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day. 40-hour week may also refer to:
Getty By David Cain I've only been back at work for a few days, but already I'm noticing that the more wholesome activities are quickly dropping out of my life: walking, exercising, reading ...
Everyone is trying to achieve the perfect work-life balance. But what would happen if you worked fewer hours to achieve it? Would it really be good all around?