No, we are not working more than in the middle ages.
“So on the one hand the work hours are somewhat flexible. On the other hand as functionally anyone who has ever worked on a farm or spoken with someone who has will tell you, the working day in absolute terms is long, essentially starting at sunrise and running to sunset”
https://acoup.blog/2025/09/05/collections-life-work-death-and-the-peasant-part-ivb-working-days/