Yes, in Europe working time is less, with more holidays.
5 days is not as bad as it sounds. 150 years ago working days of 12-16 hours, including the whole of Saturday were quite normal in Great Britain.
Accidents that were prone to happen, were well documented. For instance with trains, because the person who is actually controlling the train, could be required to work 40 hours straight ...
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