workweeks

• “After Bird Cloud was finished and I was living in the house I found that the Euro-American division of time into five-day workweeks and two-day weekends crumbled away.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bird Cloud

• “Family Medical Leave Act states that by law, covered employers employers must grant eligible employees up to a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period in order to care for their seriously ill child.”

  Cancer information, support groups for parents of children with cancer

• “Most blame 70-hour workweeks for the burnout but that is simply not accurate.”

  The Huffington Post: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Absence of Gratitude is the Source of Clerical Burnout

• “It also dramatized once again how deeply French people cherish the guarantees - of health insurance, cheap education, short workweeks - that make for high taxes but are widely seen here as a heritage as cherished as wine and cheese.”

  The Washington Post: French Parliament signs off on pension reforms as strikes start to wind down

• “They also don't mention that some professions listed here can require long workweeks to get more billable hours (attorneys, accountants).”

  Labor Supply and Demand, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “As a parrallel example, look at France and their mandated 39 and then 35 hour workweeks, which have caused businesses to replace labor with capital in an effort to raise productivity.”

  The Great Depression, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “While hard-working German voters may resent the transfer of their tax money to other countries that enjoy earlier retirement and shorter workweeks, the German business community supports paying taxes to preserve the euro because it recognizes that German businesses benefit from the fixed exchange rate that prevents other euro-zone countries from competing with Germany by devaluing their currencies.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Future of the Euro: A Symposium

• “Her busy career involved extensive travel to Asia and seven-day workweeks.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Second Acts

• “In 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 27 percent of male full-time workers had workweeks of 41 or more hours, compared with 15 percent of female full-time workers; meanwhile, just 4 percent of full-time men worked 35 to 39 hours a week, while 12 percent of women did.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Why the Gender Gap Won't Go Away

• “And it's not like I'm suggesting that higher taxes would subsidize European-style 35-hour workweeks or early retirement but rather reduce financial stress by lowering the cost of college and home ownership.”

  The Huffington Post: Jane White: Rethinking Reaganomics: Why We Need Warren and Bill to Pay More Taxes

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