Upstate the billable hours run around 1,600 a year compared with 2,000 in New York City at big firms, which indicates a long workweek.

The United States and Japan, in fact, have the longest workweeks of the major industrial nations.

Continued long workweeks and large amounts of overtime are generally regarded as signs of eventual job gains.

They said they would seek to unionize many of the nation's nearly 100,000 interns and residents, who often complain about notoriously long workweeks.

Although longer workweeks are historically a precursor of hiring, many analysts suspect that uncertainty over factors like higher health care costs may be inhibiting further hiring.

And he had nothing to offer her, not with his long, long workweeks and no free time to be with her.

The strongest economy in a generation leaves most Americans with stagnant wages, record debt, reduced benefits and longer workweeks.

The data provide further signs, along with recent figures that showed stronger factory orders, higher production and longer workweeks, that the health of American manufacturing continues to improve.

So you think you have a long workweek?

South Korea has one of the world's longest workweeks, at 57 hours.