Word: workweeks
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...residents' legendary 100+-hour workweek may be on its way out. After years of loud but unproductive controversy, the American Medical Association will finally address the issue of residents? hours this week at the group's annual conference in Chicago...
...Seillière's path turned again: the powerful French employers' association, now known as medef, tapped him to lead its fight against the Socialist government's controversial 35-hour workweek. Though he failed to block the law, Seillière went on the offensive and demanded a total reorganization of the country's health and unemployment systems that the employers manage jointly with labor leaders. After enlisting the support of some moderate unions, Seillière hoped to force through sweeping reforms that successive governments had failed to enact...
...this season there were also the tempers. LVMH threw down the gauntlet by canceling Alexander McQueen?s last haute couture show for Givenchy on the eve of fashion week. The official explanation?production problems caused by the 35-hour workweek?didn?t fool anyone. McQueen had recently sold 51% of his own company to Gucci Group. More likely is the theory that LVMH wasn?t out to promote the defector. Yves Saint Laurent, who also recently sold his ready-to-wear business to Gucci, had some petty fun at his own show, seating the Gucci-appointed president in the third...
...Maurizio. The food at Ristorante Limoncello is sinfully good, and business ain't bad either. And not since the tired, the poor and the huddled masses began paddling ashore has any immigrant found more happiness in a seven-day workweek. "Maurizio bought his dream," says Cynthia DeMarco, a waitress at Caffe Graffiti, an espresso bar around the corner...
...Payroll growth, the number of jobs added to the economy, is surprisingly strong. And the average workweek went up from 34.1 hours in December to 34.3 hours in January, which is also encouraging. That means employees are working more overtime, and that means they have more money to spend...