When an employee works eighty hours over nine days and takes one day off every other week,the employee's work schedule is known as:
A) a compressed workweek.
B) a shorter workweek.
C) flextime.
D) job compression.

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A compressed workweek refers to working the same number of hours in fewer consecutive days. In this case, the employee is working 80 hours over 9 days instead of 10 days, which means they have a compressed workweek. The fact that they take one day off every other week does not change the classification of their work schedule as a compressed workweek.

When an Employee Works Eighty Hours Over Nine Days and Takes