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The essay addresses the issue of decent work, analysing it through the lens of working time. A universal and even foundational topic for labour law, it proves capable of responding both to the more traditional needs of protecting workers' health and to the more modern ones, which today can be traced back to the articulated and complex principle of decent work (work-life balance, gender equality, employment inclusion of the disabled, and so on). In this context, the paper seeks to direct the reader's attention also beyond the present circumstances, to ask whether, in the combination of the different perspectives involved, there is not the risk of losing sight of the values that have always inspired the genetic heritage of (labour) law and which, it is hoped, will continue to denote its future developments: the importance of work for the fulfilment of the person who performs it and for the progress of society, well beyond the quantitative data of the time dedicated to it and the remuneration that may derive from it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]