The 40-hour work week is a background fact of modern life — a given, embedded in our consciousness somewhere between indoor ...

On this day, May 1, 1926, Ford Motor Company becomes one of the first companies in America to adopt the five-day, 40-hour ...

On March 3, 2026, the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States was amended to reduce the workweek from forty-eight hours to forty hours, by two hours per year beginning in 2027. The ...

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The idea of working 40 hours a week is foreign to folks in Mexico, but that could soon change. Lawmakers south of the border are considering lowering the standard ...

The Gee & Ursula Show responds to the question: Can you be successful working a 40-hour week? Tell us what you think! Listen to the Gee and Ursula Show every weekday at 9am on KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM.

Workers cut a steel bar at a metal-mechanical parts factory in Apodaca, Mexico, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo MEXICO CITY, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved ...

Lawmakers in Olympia are considering a proposal to move the state from a standard 40-hour work week to a 32-hour work week. Sounds like a good idea for workers, but is it really? Washington Democratic ...

Should Washington shave eight hours off the standard 40-hour work week? Some state lawmakers think so. Under House Bill 2611 by state Rep. Shaun Scott, a Seattle Democrat, employers would have to ...