35-Hour Workweek
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A 35-Hour Workweek is a workweek that is composed of 35 work hours.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be distributed as 7.5hr Workdays over five business days.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Working Week, Overtime, 8-Hour Workday.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek Retrieved:2014-6-9.
- The 35-hour working week is a measure adopted first in France, in February 2000, under Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government. It was pushed by Minister of Labour Martine Aubry.
The previous legal duration of the working week was 39 hours, which had been established by François Mitterrand, also a member of the Socialist Party. The 35-hour working week was in the Socialist Party's 1981 electoral program, titled 110 Propositions for France.
The 35 hours was the legal standard limit, after which further working time was to be considered overtime.
- The 35-hour working week is a measure adopted first in France, in February 2000, under Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government. It was pushed by Minister of Labour Martine Aubry.