I wanted to work 10 hours day and have a 3 day weekend. What's two more hours on an 8 hour workday? The article talks about a 35 hour workweek which I don't agree with. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/four-day-workweek-gains-traction-congress-n1285703 The Congressional Progressive Caucus, the biggest bloc of liberal lawmakers in Congress, on Dec. 7 endorsed a bold bill proposed by Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., which would seek to implement a four-day workweek. It’s a measure that has no real prospect of becoming law in the near term, but it’s a compelling idea that’s garnering more attention worldwide — and it could serve as a potential point of focus for the American left in the future.
I like the idea of having 4 10-hour workdays and 3 days off, but I do not support 35 hour work week. We need the productivity.
The idea behind it is that it would force employers to hire more people in order to avoid overtime pay. For large companies that overtime adds up quick. Wal-Mart for example is extremely strict when it comes to over time and if you accrue too much you can get fired BECAUSE they have so many employees and if they didn't have that kind of consequence (or any consequence) then people wouldn't care about getting overtime. Think about it. Wal-Mart has over 1 million employees. If a person normally makes $10/hr then that over time pay would amount to $25 to work those extra 5 hrs. $25 x 1,000,000 employees....well...you get the idea. It would actually be cheaper for them in the long run to just hire a couple of extra employees per store to make it up. Of course I don't think they are thinking of, or even care, if a small business would have trouble. There's one poster here that wants businesses that refuse to pay $15/hr to fail and go out of business. I'm sure this is probably the same kind of thinking. Consequences be damned. Anyways, the idea has some merit. But it also has cons.
PS: Wal-Mart actually has a system in place for stockers where a person has a set amount of time to unload pallets of products. If you go over that time you get a point on your record. Too many points and you get fired.
I used to have this schedule and its pretty sweet. It was 10am to 8pm Mon through Thursday and then a nice 3 day weekend. I guess this wouldn't work for people with kids in school though unless their hours were like 7 to 5 instead of 9 to 5. Its a nice idea but I don't think they can make this work universally.
Our company has that option and I used it early in my career. It works great for some positions but if you have lots of meeting, work closely in a team or manage a large group you need to be available 5 days a week.
I'm a little confused why Congress is involved. Do they have any say in how many hours per week an employee works? If a company wants to implement a 35-hour work week, they are free to do so, are they not? Anecdotally I've heard of a study that showed European companies saw no decrease in productivity after cutting their working hours to less than the typical 40. The idea is, you can get your work done in less time, you just need to focus and work more diligently. Working fewer hours can help prevent fatigue which is a common cause of lost productivity. I'll have to see if I can track down the study...
I wondered the same thing. I did find this from the Fair Labor Standards Act. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/faq
Congress is involved because it is democrat's mission to destroy private business in any way possible. After they obtain a 4 day, 10 hour per day work week, they're next mission would be to cut each day back to 8 hours with no loss in pay.
The pandemic has totally changed the way we work. I have only been in the office once since March 2020. Luckily the transition to WFH has been fairly smooth. Meetings are done in Teams or Webex. Most programmers don't have too many issues WFH although it probably hurts the newer hires since they don't receive the hands on feedback and help they probably would normally get in the office.
That would give folks the same amount of income plus extra time to spend it. How is that bad for the economy? Of course not every business would be able to do this.
Do you really have to ask that? You've just created 20% inflation because businesses are paying 20% more for the same work and will have to hire new people and pay them to make up the difference. That increases prices by at least 20% plus additional benefits. Common sense seems to have passed by your house without ringing your doorbell.
Totally LMAO at the notion of "gains traction"... . It’s a measure that has no real prospect of becoming law in the near term
