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This page is about reducing the number of hours per week a worker would have to work before being paid overtime rates.

07/31/2026

Why do we work 40 hours per week? Why not 39?
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06/30/2026

Why do we work 40 hours per week?

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06/21/2026

Why do we work 40 hours per week?
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Experiments with a shorter workweek have shown that working fewer hours improves worker well-being and productivity.

But we can’t expect employers to implement this transformative change of their own volition. https://jacobin.com/2026/06/schor-four-day-workweek-labor

03/19/2026

Why do we work 40 hours a week?

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After two years of a shortened work week in San Juan County led to $2 million in savings, Washington lawmakers are considering a statewide bill 👀 more info at the link in our comments below 👇

03/03/2025

Why do we work 40 hours per week?

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Carl Feynman, son of American theoretical physicist , pioneered cloth simulation in computer graphics at in 1986.

After seeing an AI create a cloth animation in minutes, he shared his thoughts on X, noting how quickly artificial intelligence is outpacing human effort. He was both amazed and concerned by AI’s rapid progress.

Details here 🔗 http://toi.in/I4R0Sb

Klarna’s CEO warns AI will replace human workers—and his company is already living it 02/04/2025

Why do we work 40 hours a week?

Klarna’s CEO warns AI will replace human workers—and his company is already living it “I am of the opinion that AI can already do all of the jobs that we, as humans, do,” Sebastian Siemiakowski said.

09/08/2024

Why do we work 40 hours a week?

Top China VC Kai-Fu Lee says his prediction that AI will displace 50% of jobs by 2027 is 'uncannily accurate' 06/20/2024

Why do we work 40 hours per week?

Top China VC Kai-Fu Lee says his prediction that AI will displace 50% of jobs by 2027 is 'uncannily accurate' "But when gen AI came out, I think everybody's on the bandwagon and believing that is the correct pace."

05/15/2024

Why do we work 40 hours per week,

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary takes his maiden voyage in a Waymo robotaxi and contemplates its future

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