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Definition of workweek
: the hours or days of work in a calendar week 40-hour workweek a 5-day workweek a shortened workweek
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Recent Examples of workweek from the Web
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Some of the 80 workers employed at one Chinese factory making blouses, dresses and other items under Trump's label were paid just over $60 for a 60-hour workweek, according to an outside audit published by the Fair Labor Association in April.
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Tomorrow (Monday): Pleasant conditions persist for the start of the workweek.
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Forecasters expect temperatures to dip early next week: The weather service calls for a high near 79 on Monday and daytime highs in the 70s throughout the workweek.
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Starting Thursday, the remainder of the workweek will see unsettled conditions with periods of showers likely.
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The company said the average hours in a workweek and overtime hours of its production employees have declined, and that each department now has a safety team.
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Chinese laws require that workweeks average no more than 44 hours and limit overtime to 36 hours per month.
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Turns out the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that last year, the average construction worker in Texas earned just $30,400 or, based on a 40-hour workweek, $14.42 per hour.
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Now, the clubs play four times annually during the workweek.
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First Known Use of workweek
1892
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Definition of workweek for English Language Learners
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: the total amount of hours or days that you spend working at a job in one week
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