Frank wrote:
Jed, you have not been in the workforce lately. The forty hour week is a joke. 50 hours per week is the norm and take some work home too. It adds up to 60 + hours.
I know that the situation is bad but I do not think that 60 hours is now the normal workweek in the U.S. No doubt extra hours of work are a contributing factor to unemployment.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports: "In July, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour to 34.2 hours. The manufacturing workweek for all em- ployees increased by 0.1 hour to 40.1 hours, following a decrease of 0.5 hour in June. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour to 33.5 hours in July. . . ." http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm This is for part-time workers as well as full-time employees. - Jed
