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compressed workweeks  

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  • In compressed workweek schedules, the workweek is compressed into fewer than five days by increasing the number of hours an employee is required to work each day. The most common form of compressed workweek in the United States is the four-day, 40-hour workweek (4/40). [Source: Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Compressed Workweek]

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