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 ...

In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put into law the Fair Labor Standards Act and established the five-day forty-hour ...

Does your work week feel longer than 40 hours? It probably is. It turns out most American adults work an average of 47 hours each week, almost a full day more than the "standard" five-day, 9-to-5 ...

Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., wants Congress to work a full, 40-hour work week like many other people do, instead of letting Congress work three or four days a week. Jolly proposed a resolution Thursday ...

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 ...