Why do we work 40 hours a week?

In 1938, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act, which required employers to pay overtime to all employees who worked more than 44 hours in a week. They amended the act two years later to reduce the workweek to 40 hours, and in 1940, the 40-hour workweek became U.S. law.

Historians are researchers of the past or people who understand the history of people. with this field, they must possess qualities such as being unbiased, patient, efficient reader, has a knack for logic and critical thinking and reasoning, disciplined, open-minded, resourceful, with good analytical ability, good reasoning skills and problem solving!