The article mentions the effect of this mandate on NIH and post-doctoral research associates.
At most research institutions, post-docs in the sciences work random hours, like graduate students - work weeks much longer that 40 hours are not unusual, but nobody keeps count, because you do what you’ve got to do to complete whatever project you’re on. It will be amusing to see how research groups deal with this decree - are they going to install time clocks for Ph.D.’s to punch in every time they come into lab? Or will they keep daily records of their time at the bench? Any way you cut it, it will be an accounting nightmare for academic scientific research groups across the country.
How about new lawyers at a large firm? They are expected to work long hours-—and this is their apprenticeship....
Getting any kind of legal help in the future will be very costly!!! Sane thing for accounting firms.