Workweek

Word WORKWEEK
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Definitions and meanings of "Workweek"

What do we mean by workweek?

The hours or days worked in a week. noun

The range of days of the week that are normally worked noun

Hours or days of work in a calendar week noun

The range of days of the week that are normally worked

The practice of electrical line workers from Wichita, Kansas reporting in sick during their normal work week then agreeing to work overtime for extra pay on the weekend. The end result was a full week’s pay for being sick plus two shifts of premium overtime. A man could work two days and get eight days of pay under this arrangement. Urban Dictionary

N. Somewhere in the vicinity of 30 hours over 4 days in a given period between Monday and Friday, excluding, of course, the period between June 1 and and August 31 where they're all on strike for some non-reason or another. Urban Dictionary

1) Constant connectivity via your smartphone and computer blurs the boundaries between your work life and your personal life. 2) Constant connectivity at work via e-mail & chat, results in so many interruptions that you cannot get blocks of time to do any thinking, resulting in you catching up on your work at home on nights and weekends. Urban Dictionary

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The word "workweek" in example sentences

As part of a plan by the new Democratic majority to create the impression of frenzied hard work, the House has also boosted its workweek from a bankerly three days to five, and the Senate has trimmed its other spring break — two weeks in April — by half. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Chinese law says that the standard workweek is 40 hours, so this means a lot of overtime, which is included in the pay rates above. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Ask anyone who actually owns a business: Trying to guarantee the number of hours in a workweek is like trying to capture smoke. ❋ Unknown (2005)

He says that the fun of using his LEGO time tracker is a big advantage — we do use systems we enjoy using — but that co-workers coming to your place and disassembling your workweek is the one disadvantage. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He says that the fun of using his LEGO time tracker is a big advantage—we do use systems we enjoy using—but that co-workers coming to your place and disassembling your workweek is the one disadvantage. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The workweek is a maximum 35 hours, and almost half of those older than 55 are no longer in the workforce. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As bad as this is, there is enough misery to go around, as only later in the article we learn that even people who have jobs are feeling the pinch, and "The average work week in March dropped to 33.2 hours" which is down 17\% from the standard 40-hour workweek, which is, in case you were wondering, "a new record low". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Remaining city workers in general-fund departments will be reduced to a 32-hour workweek, which is in effect a 20 percent pay cut.

Meeting for lunch during the workweek is a good choice - the date can't go too long because you have to get back to the office. eMail (will not be published) (required) ❋ Unknown (2009)

There's a couple of things in the latest jobs data that we see that is forward looking and one is the average workweek which is a record low. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A limited celebration as will have to be up prior to the crack of dawn for work the next day and carry on the "workweek" in such a fashion. ❋ Pojken (2003)

For the unlucky souls who found themselves in the first American factories, the typical workday was fourteen hours, the typical workweek was six days, and putting in more than one hundred hours in a week was not at all uncommon. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

And Friday, that merciful day of the week that now happens to release many English-speakers from their workplaces . . . at least until a new workweek begins on Monday, named for the moon. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

She is its leader and has twice served as employment minister, becoming known as the architect of the 35-hour workweek. ❋ Sebastian Moffett (2011)

Instead, a Socialist government in France in 2000 reduced the standard workweek to 35 hours from 39, making workers grateful but businesses uncompetitive. ❋ Sebastian Moffett (2011)

Earlier, at least 10 bombs exploded around the capital at the start of the workweek. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Jason was sick all week then [worked] both [shifts] on [Saturday and Sunday]. That’s what we call a ‘Wichita Workweek.’ ❋ Scoots79 (2019)

Jack (on a Thursday at about 3:00PM): Well, I put in [a solid] French workweek so now I'm going to drink a bottle of wine, eat [some cheese], and [smoke a pack] of cigarettes with my steak and fries. If only I had a stupid hat and smelled bad I could truly be French! ❋ Call Me Ishmael (2007)

This is [the third] [e-mail] from my boss this weekend. I'm a [victim] of workweek creep! ❋ Marc L. Grubb (2008)

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