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Fix the official work week at 5 days and 30 hours.

Created by C.R. on August 06, 2014

The United States leads all of the wealthiest countries in the world when it comes to hours worked annually. Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and many other countries work an average of 35 hours a week. Annually, that's about 210 hours less than American workers.

When hours are lowered, productivity soars, jobs are saved and unemployment rates drop.

Sources:
http://www.alternet.org/labor/when-america-came-close-establishing-30-ho...

http://money.cnn.com/gallery/news/economy/2013/07/10/worlds-shortest-wor...

http://www.vice.com/read/who-stole-the-four-hour-workday-0000406-v21n8

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