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The benefit to working an extra hour a day gives you a normal 2-day weekend followed by a long 3-day weekend the next. Typical working hours for this type of shift would be 06:00 to 15:30 (9 hours with 30 minutes lunch) and 06:00 to 14:30 (8 hours with 30 minutes lunch) on the 8-hour work day.
The similar concept of a man-day, man-week, man-month, or man-year [3] [4] is used on large projects. It is the amount of work performed by an average worker during one day, week, month, or year, respectively. The number of hours worked by an individual during a year varies greatly according to cultural norms and economics.
Today the average hours worked in the U.S. is around 33, [21] with the average man employed full-time for 8.4 hours per work day, and the average woman employed full-time for 7.9 hours per work day. [22] The front runners for lowest average weekly work hours are the Netherlands with 27 hours, [23] and France with 30 hours. [24]
For example, a full week of 40 hours has an FTE value of 1.0, so a person working 20 hours would have an FTE value of 0.5. Certain industries may adopt 35 hours, depending on the company, its location and the nature of work. Whole-time equivalent (WTE) is the same as FTE and applies also to students in education. [7]
Other reforms have included the 28 holiday minimum per year, 20 minute breaks for each six hours worked, and a maximum average of 8 hours work in a 24-hour period for night-workers (the average is usually calculated over 17 weeks, but it can be over a longer period of up to 52 weeks if the workers and the employer agree). [2]
The 42-hour work-week allows for the most even distribution of work time. A 3:1 ratio of work days to days off is most effective for eight-hour shifts, and a 2:2 ratio of work days to days off is most effective for twelve-hour shifts. [49] [50] Eight-hour shifts and twelve-hour shifts are common in manufacturing and health care.
(The peak hours are 2 to 8 p.m. from May to October; and 5 to 9 a.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. from November to April). ConEdison , which serves New York City and Westchester County, has off-peak hours from ...
The "standard" work week consists of five eight-hour days, commonly served between 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM or 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM totaling 40 hours. While a four-day week generally consists of four ten-hour days, it may also consist of as little as nine hours for a total of a 36-hour workweek. Twelve-hour shifts are often three days per week, unless ...