Thus, the shortened workweek would increase company profits.

因此，缩短的工作日反而会增加公司的利润。

Now, employees have the option of working a four-day workweek for four-fifths of their normal pay.

现在职员可以选择周工作四天，工资降至平常水平的四。

Finally, the option of a four-day workweek would be better for individual employees.

最后，这周工作四天的选择对员工本人来说也更好。

The workweek has remained at above 40 hours. But people are working more weeks each year.

尽管星期的工作时间仍是40小时左右，但是人们年要工作更多的星期。

Inspirational quotes from the men and women who lead us during the workweek

在工作周领导我们的男人和女人的励志句子。

But we go right back to burning the candle at both ends once the workweek begins.

但工作日开始，我们就会立刻回到拼命工作的状态。

But one man, in particular, was responsible for turning the weekend into an official part of the workweek.

但有人在让周末成工作周的正式部中扮演着重要角色。

Compared to other highly industrialized nations, the United States has one of the longest average workweeks at 34.4 hours per week.

与其他高度工业化国家相比，美国拥有长达34.4的每周工时，是这些国家中最长的。

Things like the 40-hour workweek and overtime are two of the most basic pillars of a middle class life.

诸如每周工作40小时和加班费是中产阶级生活的两最基本的支柱。

Their efforts are why we can enjoy things like the 40-hour workweek, overtime pay, and a minimum wage.

他们争取的是我们应该享有诸如每周工作40 小时，加班工资和最低工资的权益。

With a four-day workweek, he added, I have to be quick, I have to be focused if I want to have my free Friday.

他补充说，而每周工作4天的话，“如果我想在周休息，我就必须加快速度，必须集中注意力。”

But a new law aims to change that, limiting South Korea's workweek to 52 hours, down from the maximum of 68.

但项新的法律旨在改变这种状况，将韩国的每周工作时间从最高的68小时减少到52小时。

Now, for more than 75 years, the 40-hour workweek and the overtime protections that come with it have helped countless workers climb the ladder of success.

75年以来，每周40小时工作制和超时保护政策帮助无数劳动者爬上了成功的阶梯。

The group argues that a shorter workweek is a way for workers to share in the wealth made by new technologies like machine learning and robotics.

该组织认，缩减工作周可以让员工享机器学习和机器人科学等新技术所带来的福利。

Gelber notes that both working-class and middle-class men could be encouraged to have hobbies because their lives were equally structured outside of the home by the workweek.

Gelber 指出，工人阶级和中产阶级的男人都可以被鼓励去拥有自己的爱好，因他们的生活在工作周外是平等的。

Now when the Great Depression sent in by 1929 and continued through the 1930s, the weekend suddenly became a solution for employers who are looking to shorten the workweek to save money in the face of economic disaster.

1929年的大萧条持续了整20世纪30年代，周末突然成雇主们在经济灾难面前想要缩短周工作时间以节省开支的解决方案。