Time-off Wasn't Always a Thing. According to an article in History.com, at the turn of the 20th century, workers got very little time off. A 1898 Massachusetts labor bulletin tracking the wages and hours of domestic workers in the Commonwealth documented that the average domestic cook worked between 78 and 83 hours a week at about 9 cents an hour. They could usually count on having Sunday off, and a lucky few may have been granted a half-day on Saturday. Male factory workers had mostly similar work weeks, while state law only allowed women and children to work a maximum of 58...
Is the 5-day work week obsolete?
Published 10/05/2024