Labor/Employment
Apr. 7, 2007
Alternative Workweeks
Employment Column - D. Gregory Valenza and Matthew J. Norfleet - Employers who want to implement alternatives to the traditional eight-hour workday must make sure to follow requirements for alternative schedules - or else pay the price in overtime.
By D. Gregory Valenza and Matthew J. Norfleet
The eight-hour workday is a founding principle of organized labor in the United States. The famous Haymarket Square riots in Chicago in 1886 resulted in the deaths of seven police officers when one of the attendees threw a bomb at the advancing riot squad. Although there was no evidence that union leaders threw the bomb or even...
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