This is not a radical idea:
Weban amendment to the fair labor standards act (flsa) dropped the threshold of hours after which workers qualify for overtime pay from 44 to 40, capping off.
Websenator bernie sanders this week unveiled legislation to reduce the standard workweek in the united states from 40 hours to 32, without a reduction in pay,.
Webworkers eligible for overtime would get paid extra for exceeding 32 hours in a week.
Sanders says the worktime reductions would be phased in over four years.
Webworkers want to work fewer hours whether they love or hate their jobs, according to jacobin (left bias).
Webat the moment, with unemployment low and many employers struggling to find enough workers, that may not seem like an advantage.
But as technological progress.
Pete marovich for the new york times.
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