http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6122708.stm

the third section details what the european working time regulation embodies

 

My site is at a school, but I am not payrolled through the school district.

 

well makes sense then how u get a week for thksgiving and two for christmash:

 

they call us lazy cause most of america is fat. cause most americans are too lazy to go out and do something active, we'd rather be couch potatos after work.

 

interesting. well, the UK apparently doesn't abide by the directive. but i don't see how these laws equal laziness.

i don't know what the problem is with a maximum 60 hour work week. the average for America is 40 hours, anyway. to top 60 hours/week you'd have to work over 12 hours a day, for five days. what percentage of Americans do that?

what difference does a minimum of one day a week off make, when most Americans get two (Saturday and Sunday)?

i don't know what job wouldn't give you a break in more than six hours of work. and an 11 hour break in a 24 period isn't laziness, either. that's still 13 hours of work in a day.

 

This is the reason why.

Europeans are very active if you haven't noticed. Us Americans on the other hand would rather sit then stand.

 

im not saying that by itself is lazy, im saying that americans work more hours than europeans, thats a fact not a opinion. granted we might have a largely obese population, but there are different levels of lazy. 40 hours is sooo not the norm. i honestly dont know anybody personally who only works 40 hrs a week that has a full time job. my office for example, people are only here monday through friday but everyone puts over 50 hours a week in

and americans dont get a minimum of two days. like i said most people i know work 7 days a week.

 

so most people you know make up a majority of the american population? h:

actually, about 40 hours a week is the norm:
http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
edit: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/H....07082005.news

many americans may work a little more than 40 hours a week on average, but not by much. and if you look at the chart in the BBC article you posted, you'll notice that europeans do, too. the average weekly hours for all the countries listed is higher than 40 hours/week, except for Denmark and Lithuania. even France, with it's 35 hour work week, is above 40. most americans get weekends off. sorry, but that's a fact, too.

 

because of the US's obesity rate.

 

those are production only jobs, unions ftl

and the us does usually have some of the highest hours.

no most people i know does not constitute the majority. but in terms of polling its a safe assumption...no different than exit polls during electionsh: