Workaholics need not apply: in praise of the 40-hour workweek
In 1938, President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act in an attempt to end what he called “starvation wages and intolerable hours.” More than 75 years later, many American companies still find creative ways to overwork their employees beyond what is fair, reasonable, and healthy. In Roosevelt’s day, blue-collar jobs, like manufacturing and mining, generated the […]