Posted on 03/17/2023 12:28:46 PM PDT by Red Badger
One California congressman wants to make the four-day workweek a federal law.
Rep. Mark Takano, a Democrat representing California’s 39th congressional district, which includes Riverside County, reintroduced the 32-Hour Workweek Act. This bill would reduce the standard 40-hour workweek to 32 hours by amending the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The bill would also mandate overtime pay for any work done after 32 hours and applies to non-exempt employees who typically work hourly jobs in various sectors, including transportation, wholesale and retail.
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“Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor – and our laws need to follow suit,” Rep. Takano said in a statement.
“We have before us the opportunity to make common sense changes to work standards passed down from a different era. The 32-Hour Workweek Act would improve workers’ quality of life, meeting the demand for a truncated workweek that allows room to live, play, and enjoy life more fully outside of work.”
The bill encourages employers to pay employees overtime for any work done after the 32-hour mark or hire more employees to help manage the workload.
California drivers could be charged more for having larger vehicles The U.K. recently wrapped up a four-day workweek pilot program. Most companies that participated in the trial program said they would keep the four-day workweek schedule, the Associated Press reported.
However, critics of the bill say that a four-day workweek “one size fits all” model won’t be sustainable for all businesses.
Emily M. Dickens, chief of staff and head of government affairs at the Society for Human Resource Management, issued a statement opposing the bill when it was introduced in the California legislature last year.
“SHRM believes in workplace flexibility that works for both employees and employers. We oppose this legislation because of its one-size-fits-all approach, which requires large organizations to pay overtime for any work in excess of 32 hours without reducing an employee’s regular pay rate,” Dickens said in a statement.
“This bill would also create a significant logistical burden for human resource professionals, especially at companies with operations in multiple states.”
The bill still has a long way from becoming a federal law since the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate still need to approve the legislation before it makes its way to President Biden’s desk.
Make it 0 hours and replace them with machines.
Yeah why not. We haven’t killed off enough businesses
already. These guys won’t be satisfied until all the
private sector jobs are gone.
We know where that leads. THEIR GOAL!
Build Back Better means destroying first.
Yeah, no kidding.
I’m pretty sure he said build back butter. /s
Democrats to cut worker’s pay by 20%.
Well, I guess we get paid for 32 hours at one employer and now have more time and flexibilty to get part-time work at another. Will have to as I’m sure the company won’t pay me the same for 32 as it did for 40. I’m working 20% less, expect 20% less pay.
This is actually a bone to the UNIONS.
By redefining the work week to 32 hours, any time over that will be considered OVERTIME PAY..............
5 days pay, for 4 days work, what could possibly go wrong?
Who will gov’t turn to next for operating capital when the taxpayers have all been bled dry, as well as the businesses?
Make it 4 days a week, 9 hours a day.
Some local companies do 4/10...................
#ing Rats
They want a six figure salary right out of 10th grade................
california home of fruits and nuts..
Sometimes I work 80 hours and don’t get paid at all.
The 8 hour shift was created by labor activists to accommodate the hardships of factory work which could require up to 17 hours of work. The expression was: Eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest.”
And the result has been studied... employers get about 3 hours of committed work per day.
I worked in many offices previously, as a client and consultant theres a lot of down time.
Pay for no work, that’s the ticket!
California covets France
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