Being a manager and accutely aware of legal ramifications of hours worked (boring I know), does anyone have any insight into whether there is something in the US akin to the European Worktime Directive?
Over here (UK, but the E.U as a whole) the average working week is 40 hours by law, and the worker must opt in to be eligble to work upto a maximum of 70 hours per week.
As well as this 70 hour maximum, 11 hours must be taken between end of work one day and start of work the next, and an entire 24 hour period of non-work must be taken once every 7 days, or alternativley a period of 48 hours of non-work must be taken in a 14 day period.
For the most part in the US, limits on work hours only exist where safety is an issue: truck drivers, people who work on power lines, etc.
Note in this case, Dorsey is working for two different companies, and in at least one of them he's a founding executive. Even in the EU, a founding executive might not be covered by work hour restrictions that apply to his employees.
Edit--my spelling is rather shakey.