Work
No Federal Law Requires Extra Pay for Working Thanksgiving
Federal law doesn't require holiday pay or time-and-a-half on Thanksgiving. Overtime starts past 40 hours a week; federal workers get a holiday premium.
Calendars
History
Why the Weekend Is Two Days, and When Saturday Became Free
Sunday was a rest day first. Saturday came later: Ford's 1926 five-day week, then the 1938 FLSA's overtime rule, which does not require a weekend off.
History
Why a Week Has 7 Days: Babylon, Seven Planets and Rome
The 7-day week doesn't fit the 29.53-day lunar month. It comes from Babylon, the Jewish Sabbath and Rome's planetary week, made official in 321 CE.
Travel
Why the US–Europe Time Gap Shrinks by an Hour Every Fall
Europe turns its clocks back a week before the US, so for seven days New York is four hours behind London. The 2026 dates and what shifts.