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A 7-day workweek is now legal in Wisconsin - here's why it could be disastrous

Shana LebowitzJul 25, 2015, 00:00 IST

An employee sorts boards as they exit a cutting machine at the Nicolet Hardwoods Corp. lumber mill in Laona, Wisconsin in 2012.Bloomberg/Getty

Wisconsin employees can now work all week without a day of rest.

When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a contender for the Republican presidential nomination, approved the state's budget earlier this month, he got rid of a provision that said factory and retail employees were required to take off a full 24 hours every seven days, unless they got the state's permission to skip their day off, according to Mashable.

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