U.S. employment rises modestly, Canada’s rebounds

(Sept. 6, 2013) -- "The overall workweek provided somewhat more encouraging news in rising to 34.5 hours from 34.4 hours in July thereby providing some indication that firms met demand by working employees longer rather than taking on new workers," said Ferley. "The manufacturing workweek rose as well to 40.8 hours from 40.7 hours in July with overtime jumping to 3.4 hours from 3.2 hours last month."