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The 40-hour thing was for assembly-line type work if I'm not mistaken. It's entirely possible for construction-type work where specialized workers have to take
by QuercusMax 8y ago
The 40-hour thing was for assembly-line type work if I'm not mistaken.
It's entirely possible for construction-type work where specialized workers have to take turns (backhoe guy digs a hole, workers prep with hand tools, concrete is poured from cement mixer and then smoothed out with hand tools, lather, rinse, repeat), that there's enough built-in downtime / break time between steps that workers can handle longer shifts without reduced productivity.
- taneq 8y ago> there's enough built-in downtime / break time between steps that workers can handle longer shifts without reduced productivity. In the mining industry it's referred to as 'mine time'. The majority of your 12-hour day is spent waiting for other necessary things (competing work, isolations, hazard analysis, approvals) to happen so a 20-minute job can take three hours.