Should Shorter Workday Become A Standard In The United States?

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Before introducing the workplace issues related to the development of four-day workweek, a clear definition of this schedule is needed. According to Department of Labor (n.d.), “A workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours, or seven consecutive 24-hour periods. The workweek does not have to coincide with the calendar week, but instead it may begin on any day of the week and at any hour of the day.” It might be the “four-day, 32-hour workweek – more leisure, less work” (Wernette 1), or the “three-day, 40 hour, compressed work week” that Vega

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Six hour days will never work. Just like in the second article paragraph one it says six hour days were proven to not work in two places it was used in. In my opinion an extra two hours isnt that bad and it was proven to work by Henry Ford. In article paragraph 1 Henry Ford's profit doubled with eight hour shifts. Also with six hour days you lose a quarter of your pay. Not many people can live off of that unless pay went way up to cover for the time loss, but if that were to happen then buisnesses would lose money because they would have to pay more people to work all the shifts instead of a few people to work eight hours. All and all eight hours isnt that bad. It would have to be way worse for them to change to six hour work days. Even if

Henry Ford changed the workday to eight hours on his assembly line, in 1914. He did not, however create the focus his employees would use to increase their productivity the way they did. I believe by changing the length of the workday he captured some thing most companies fail to. The happiness of his workers. Should a six hour work day be the norm?

The work industry has both options of working six hours or more. If an employee ends up working six hours they dont get the full benefit of insurance or more hourly pay. With that being said most of the population likes to work more hours.

If workers could get all of the work done in the six hour shift then there should be no need for overtime. I understand the issue of getting hours cut but, it is a plus for all workers to have more time to spend doing what they want on their "free time". Companies should be willing to give the option of either eight or six hours days. Whomever would wish to stay and make up the extra hours and money should be able to do

I believe that a six-hour workdays should not become standard in the United States. This idea is not good for either the employee or employer. If it messes up the workers health then no one else is going to want to work at the site. A six-hour workday would basically make things more difficult for both employees and employer because while employees are getting sick and leaving, the employer has to worry about getting more workers. This could lead to something more worse because if there is no workers there is no productivity, and if there is no productivity then there is no money.

I believe that the U.S. should stick to the current eight-hour workdays due to the benefits and revenue that comes from it. The money being made from working an eight-hour shift not only benefits the employee but also the employee. The health benefits that most jobs provide just for working those shift are a bonus already. As for those who believe we should switch to a six-hour workday, just think about the benefits that will be lost over such a small change. It's not worth it.

Some people think that we should have an 8 hour school day. Having a longer school could help

In conclusion the literature suggests that working long hours is perceived to impact negatively on various aspects of work and home life. Compressed workweeks (one Work Life Balance practice) tend to be associated with positive effects such as increases in job satisfaction and performance.

"(A Corporation) found that the top ten percent of employees took a seventeen minute break for every fifty-two minutes they worked. These employees did not even work full eight-hour workdays, yet they had the highest productivity in the company."(Source 1. Para. 3, lines 5-6) That is an interesting statistic, though the reality of it is still in question with no company cited and no source listed. In fact, one who believes that fact should determine laws and buisness would be skeptical of both of these. However, once again suspending disbelief, this would bring about the question of whether they worked faster and better because of their relaxed state or the worry they would not get everything done in time? With that in mind, we have to continue on to our second speaker.

Chapter: 4 Hours for What We Will" Work, Family, and the Demand for Shorter Hours