Should Americans Have A Longer Work Week?

I think that the United States could go to the six hour work day. People in the past have done it and it was a huge success. During the Industrial Revolution people had to work 11-12 hours each day with little pay. Later on in the 1900s, Henry Ford changed the work hours for his employees and they showed great amounts of success. Ford doubled their pay and they did the work 2 times faster and more efficiently.

I believe that there are several more negatives than there are positives to having a four-day school week. For example, parents of young children will have a difficult time trying to find a good daycare for their kids while they are at work on

The Populists claim that the workday is way too long and creates a system where people cannot find time for their own ambitions. However, it is through the long work days that the millionaires of our era learned the value of hard work and the fruits which hard work bears. If these self-made men worked for just eight hours a day, a belief would be instilled that work ethic is not directly related to result, thus resulting in a belief that work is not related to gain. Aside from devaluing hard work, the regulation of work day would impact our economy in huge ways. By reducing the amount that US factories create, the shorter work days would pose a financial problem for our government as with less manufacturing, the government earns less tax dollars while still being required to pay for roads and postal service as well as the armies protecting our

Personally, I believe that there should be changes in employment laws to give Americans more time to relax. That is why it is important to provide a solution to the problem that is affecting the lives of many Americans. The first thing to do to provide more free time to employees is to establish a law that makes it mandatory for employees to not work past 40 hours a week. Another, way to fix the problem is to increase the income of employee workers that way they can work 40 hours a week. That way workers’ productivity can improve while, not having a negative on the workers’ physically and

Did you know that over 40 schools have changed to a four day school week? (2) Switching to a four day school week can save millions of dollars. (4) Most schools nationwide that have transferred to a shorter week are seeing vigorous effects. (3) A four day school week provides benefits for everyone. (2) There are many improvements shown in academics and attendance. (3)

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

Over the last two decades, American workers have been clocking more and more hours on the job, and they now work more hours than workers in any other industrialized country. Annual work hours are 4% higher than they were in 1980, amounting to an extra 1 hour and 30 minutes at work per week, on average (ILO 1999). Workers are also clocking more overtime hours. Almost one-third of the workforce regularly works more than the standard 40-hour week; one-fifth work more than 50 hours. The growth in overtime work, while helping to drive the healthy growth in output in the U.S., has unhealthy social costs. It is taking its toll not only on workers, but on their families, communities, and, ultimately in many cases, patients, customers, and

This is not an argument based on the expected trend of jobs or giving the unemployed an opportunity. Expectations of the past are almost never met, and there are far more reasons people are unemployed than if people are being overworked. No, this is based on efficiency and maximizing value and potential of multiple aspects of human life. To do so, it seems shortening the forty hour workweek would be an optimal choice.

An increase in the number of vacation days or limiting the hours worked in a week by the government may increase the quality of life by providing more leisure time. However, the overall quality of life would struggle because in this day and age one has to have money to have a good time. Recently after much debate, the French eliminated their 35-hour workweek limit with strong justifiable arguments by both parties. The law was first put in place in 2000 due impart to the unemployment rate that was around 10% at the time. Ideally with shorter workweeks companies would have to hire more employees to maintain current outputs. Although, in recent years it has become apparent that instead of lowering the unemployment rate, it has remained near

The 4 day work week is not a new idea. It is one that has had its share of controversies over the years. Introduced in the 1970’s the idea of the 4 days work week has been making a comeback as of lately. There are several issues to look at here. One of the main statements in regards to it is that productivity will decrease because of fatigue. A 10 hour work day is too long. On the flipside, another of the main issues pointed out by proponents is that productivity will increase because you will have a workforce with higher morale. In this paper, we will discuss

I agree with the article, "Six-Hour Days Will Never Work". In my opinion it will never work because six hours seems to be to short in time to do work. if we continue our 8 hours most people can get done work plus more and have time to get the next shift report. Six hour shift is considered part time hours, that means no full time benefits for insurance or any other sort. Families can often get sick because they can't afford to pay an well visit to the doctors. That can a effect a person's family within the household. Or they wouldn't have enough money in a paycheck to provide their family. Losing two hours a daily can add up when it's time to get your paycheck. For the 8 hours that a person spends at work, they can take (2) 15 mins break

Americans work more than anyone in the industrialized world. More than the English, more than the French, way more than the Germans or Norwegians. Even, recently, more than the Japanese. And Americans take less vacation, work longer days, and retire later, too. But for many of us, more work leads to more stress and a lower quality of life. Without time to unwind, take care of your home, spend time with loved ones, enjoy our hobbies, connect with friends, and generally live a more balanced life. Stress is the #1 cause of health problems – mentally and physically. And there are few things that stress us out on a consistent basis like work does, especially when it takes away from all of the other things that life has to offer.

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

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.

In conclusion, I believe that a six-hour workday would be more effective for workers and employees, but most importantly the company itself. Heres why, it will help improve the workplace, help workers become more focused in their work, and also help the workers gain more energy and motivation to start and finish an objective. So rather then the following, I believe that the six-hour workday should be something in consiteration for future and all present