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Ford adopted the five-day week in 1926; the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act established the weekend. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: How The Weekend Was Invented | Gene Veith · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:2d1876b6a657a2a37844e6d4231e8bde2c30293bd49c27e59d9a066cf41b04a8

Henry Ford adopted the 5-day work week, with Saturday and Sunday off, in 1926. In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act mandated a 40-hour work week, which had the effect of establishing the weekend.