Remarkably, the concept of the weekend as we know it is only 100 years old. In 1926, Henry Ford…

The weekend is 100 years old – but have ‘skiveday Fridays’ and hybrid working ruined it for everyone? Remarkably, the concept of the weekend as we know it is only 100 years old. In 1926, Henry Ford changed the shape of the week, announcing that the workers at his factories would now do five eight-hour days instead of six, with no cut in pay. Ford did not invent the weekend – the idea had been…