Editing Working time (section)

== Workweek structure ==
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{{Main|Workweek and weekend}}

The structure of the work week varies considerably for different professions and cultures. Among salaried workers in the western world, the work [[week]] often consists of Monday to Friday or Saturday with the [[Workweek|weekend]] set aside as a time of personal work and leisure. Sunday is set aside in the western world because it is the [[Sabbath in Christianity|Christian sabbath]].

The traditional American [[business hours]] are 9:00&nbsp;a.m. to 5:00&nbsp;p.m., Monday to Friday, representing a workweek of five [[eight-hour day]]s comprising 40 hours in total. These are the origin of the phrase '''9-to-5''', used to describe a conventional and possibly tedious [[Job (role)|job]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/nine-to-five%20job|title=nine-to-five job}}</ref> Negatively used, it connotes a tedious or unremarkable occupation. The phrase also indicates that a person is an [[employee]], usually in a large company, rather than an [[entrepreneur]] or [[self-employed]]. More neutrally, it connotes a job with stable hours and low career risk, but still a position of [[subordinate]] employment. The actual time '''at work''' often varies between {{Citation needed span|35 and 48|date=May 2023}} hours in practice due to some employers counting [[Break (work)|breaks]] as part of the 40 hours and others not. In many traditional [[White-collar worker|white collar]] positions, employees were required to be in the [[office]] during these hours to take orders from the bosses, hence the relationship between this phrase and subordination. Workplace hours have become more flexible, but the phrase is still commonly used even in situations where the term does not apply literally.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}