The legal workweek varies from nation to nation, and its definition is usually heavily influenced by the predominant religion of the country, or by colonial history. Most countries in Europe, the Americas, and East Asia have a business week defined as Monday through Friday. World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... World map showing the Americas CIA map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ...
The legal work week in the Middle East is either Saturday through Wednesday (as in Algeria[1] and Saudi Arabia[2]), Saturday through Thursday (as in Iran[3],[4]) or Sunday through Thursday (as in Egypt[5] and Israel). A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
Flexible workweek schedules are any work-schedules significantly outside of a "standard" 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM or 9:00 AM -6:00 PM 8 hour/day, 40 hour/week work schedule.
Flexible workweeks are not an individual's right; they should offer a positive benefit to the department as well as to the individual requestor and should have a minimal negative impact on departmental and team operations.
The impact of flexible workweek schedules on the department increases with the number of persons on flexible schedules; though there is no specific "cutoff" on the number of requests/requesters, multiple requests will be considered accordingly.
However, if long workweeks become the norm in a society, these hours almost certainly are not voluntary, and it represents a drought of leisure and a threat to public health.
The exact ways in which excessive workweeks affect culture, public health, and education are debated, but the existence of such a danger is undisputed.
Some nations enforce their workweek policies more stringently than others, the United States being an example of a country where workweek policies are not strictly enforced.
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