The traditional 40-hour workweek is composed of five eight-hour days instead of four ten-hour days. But the historical reasons for that are fairly arb...
AP | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business
LONDON — Financial services company KPMG said Friday it would offer its staff a four-day working week or sabbatical breaks, but said it could no...
Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 07.11.2008 | Living
In 1938 Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act regulating the eight hour day, 40 hour week. Most scholars of work and many Americans agree: the traditional work schedule is a relic.
Think Progress | Matthew Yglesias | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green