Sentence examples for shortened hours from inspiring English sources

John de Graaf, the executive director of Take Back Your Time, an organization based in Seattle that advocates reducing overwork and "time famine," says he hopes shortened hours will stick.

In March, DDOT shortened hours on over 30 routes and eliminated overnight service from 1 to 4 a.m.

Some protest sites are... near tourist attractions and popular shopping malls, which at times have closed or shortened hours unexpectedly".

In March DDOT shortened hours on over 30 routes, discontinued service on several, and eliminated night service from 1 to 4 a.m.

Postal management's policy has been to severely degrade service, dismantle the postal network, and engage in piecemeal privatization... Management has shortened hours at neighborhood post offices, closed mail processing centers, lowered delivery standards and slowed mail delivery.

In March, the department, whose management had recently been privatized by the city, shortened hours on more than 30 routes and discontinued all service between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m.

"They are using that bargaining power to cut benefits and wages, and to shorten hours".

The intent of these laws was to shorten hours and raise pay in the covered industries.

As early as the 1840s, the treadmill labour of shopgirls was taken up by the Early Closing Association, which sought to shorten hours and put an end to Sunday trading.

If it weren't for these, the stock market might have to shorten hours for lack of interest.

It's a nice idea, but will it — and other efforts to shorten hours in the office — work?