ABSTRACT
The concepts “workweek” or “workday” are not defined by a divine act: they are circumscribed by social and cultural practices, the cumulative acts of men and women. For a long time for most observers, and perhaps still so for some, the notion of a workweek seemed quite definite: Work started at 8:00 AM or so, permitted 30-60 minutes for lunch, and then ended something like 480 minutes after it had begun daily.
