work = arbeid, week = uke "Arbeidsuke" is when students (at the age of about 14, I think) spend one week at a local workplace to try out how it is to have a normal job. The students are supposed to be treated as adults by their bosses. But they dont get paid for it.
The correct spelling is workweek.
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A workweek is part of the seven-day period in which work is normally performed usually from Monday to Friday from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Yes, "one-hundred-plus-hour workweek" is hyphenated. The hyphens connect the words "one," "hundred," and "plus" to create a compound modifier that describes the noun "workweek." Proper hyphenation ensures clarity and readability in the phrase.
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Friday (Wednesday during Thanksgiving week)
No there is no such law. The FLSA describes a workweek as any consecutive 7-day period. This can be established as being ANY such 7-day period (e.g.: Sun thru Sat - Wed thru Tue - etc). Many persons, notably shift workers and public safety personnel work staggered weekly shifts their entire careers.
Employers must pay for all hours worked. If work hours exceed 40 in a workweek, the extra hours are time and a half.
As Monday is the first day of the workweek, yes, it is crowded.
Depending on the country you are in the work week may end on Friday or Saturday.