Posted on 03/14/2024 7:57:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is slated to hold a hearing Thursday morning regarding a standard 32-hour work week.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday introduced a bill to establish a standard four-day workweek in the United States without any reduction in pay.
The bill, over a four-year period, would lower the threshold required for overtime pay from 40 hours to 32 hours. It would require overtime pay at a rate of 1.5 times a worker’s regular salary for work days longer than 8 hours, and it would require overtime pay at double a worker’s regular salary for work days longer than 12 hours.
The committee will hear from United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, among other witnesses.
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The body of small business is still twitching
Better hit it again.
They hardly work at all. 32 hours would be an increase.
(In fact, 24 hour or even 8 hour work weeks would be even better!)
No. In fact, he was once kicked out of a commune because he refused to do any work.
My longest work week — after clocking out 1/2 hour for breakfast, lunch and dinner — was 121 1/2 hours.
Imagine the fines that would have been levied on the AK salmon cannery under this kind of bill get passed into law!
hehe.....that’s how I first took the headline
This is a great idea, do you have any idea how many Business Owners like myself that are near or at Retirement Age will just simply CLOSE DOWN and make that 32 hours ZERO for everyone?? I am on the way to do that right now and I am going full steam ahead.
Who is John Galt?
Must be an election year. Santa Claus is coming to town.
NEVER
HE SPENT HIS HONEYMOON VISITING LENIN’S TOMB.
ALOT of companies work 4 - 10 hour days & employees VOTED for such.
Saves 20% of travel & lunch costs.
Our government is not supposed to have the power to determine work weeks or set wages.
I need about 50hr/week to get all my work done.
All this means is every project any high tech team is working on will be 6-12 months late.
One person’s “LIVING WAGE” is another person’s “HIGH ON THE HOG” money
Have been self employed since 1980.
In 1988, I averaged 78 hours a week.
YOU will not be the only business that shuts the door.
THEN-—THE MINIMUM WAGE for those employees will be ZERO
Dollar Tree & Family dollar are shuttering over 1000 stores.
Biden has the stupid idea that all those types of stores MUST carry fresh produce & meat products.
Those stores are NOT built for either produce or meat.
Rhetorical question.
Yep, presents for (gullible) peasants.
By this time next year my wife and I will be happily residing in Galts Gulch, and after that I don’t care what happens.
All timed for the stolen election in November. The ridiculous budget from Chomo Joe. The sudden “reproductive rights” and now “evil republicans demand you become a work week slave.”
“Have been self employed since 1980.
In 1988, I averaged 78 hours a week.”
I hear ya.
Mrs. BBB333 & I have been self employed for more than 20 years. You have to work when you have to work.
BTW my AK summer job was union (ILWU) and that was a big check that week! That 6- week summer job paid for a year of college.
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