Saturdays are included when counting business days to determine the arrival date of a package in shipping estimates.
[9] In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, two German words of somewhat different meaning are used to describe business or working days.
One is Werktag, a legal term applied to all calendar days except Sundays and public holidays;[10][11] it includes most Saturdays.
Werktage are days on which businesses such as retail shops and institutions such as schools are generally allowed to operate (see also Ladenschlussgesetz).
Information-based companies with a limited dependence on physical goods have less of a need to distinguish a weekend day from a weekday.
Such businesses include hotels, hospitals, police and fire departments, gas stations, and airports.
Although the 8-hour work day still remains as a standard for many industries, this trend is expected to decline further during the coming years.