It was a generalized objective of all major labor unions- and eventually entered federal law. It should be noted Belgium has a mandated 40-hour per week labor ceiling for hazardous trades ( for example, Mining, some forms of heavy construction, air transport?) This is a very progressive idea.
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The answer obviously depends on which 8 hours you work!
An eight-hour clock is a clock that has only eight numbers on its face. The hour hand of an eight hour clock takes eight hours to rotate once, dividing the day into three separate periods, each eight hours long. Railway station operators once used eight-hour clocks to calculate their work shifts and the train schedules.
Working at a job for eight hours a day, normally from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (A nine-to-five). A normal white-collar job.Typically a hourly paid worker works 8 hours a day, some salaried workers also work 8 hours a day and hence the expressionMost people in USA work an "eight hour day"That's where the saying came from
One break is the standard in an eight hour day. If you are allowed more than that, maybe two.
3.54 an hour if you work 24 hour a day for a whole year.