California proposes four-day work week
for companies with more than 500 employees
which would force firms to pay overtime
to anyone working more than 32 hours per week
Posted By: Ribicon, 4/11/2022 10:44:26 PM
California's Democratic-led Legislature wants to mandate a three-day weekend for all workers at large companies in the state. A new bill being discussed in the state assembly would see the official working week reduced from 40 hours to 32 for companies with 500 employees of more. Any work carried out beyond the 32-hour limit would run into overtime and be paid at time-and-a-half, while those working more than 12 hours a day or for more than seven days a week would be paid double their normal wage.(Snip)Employers would also be forbidden from reducing the workers' current salaries simply because they are working less.
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Why stop there? Require private sector workers to put in a solid 3 hours or so of work a week, leaving them plenty of time to write poetry or play music, or even surf. Every employer should back this too, seeing how they're the wokest of the woke.