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 lowe…

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 workdays longer than 8 hours, and it would require overtime pay at double a worker’s regular salary for workdays longer than 12 hours.

The Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act would also protect workers’ pay and benefits to ensure there’s no loss in pay, according to a press release.

  • hatecoach@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 months ago

    My industry is IT. It’s very common that IT support workers making under the income threshold are given exempt status even though their responsibilities are not exempt job duties. There are a shitload of IT support workers.

    Same here. I am like, great so now ill get paid to work 32 hours, but still work 60.

    • just_change_it@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 months ago

      It’ll affect a lot of the worst jobs. It’ll make construction stupid expensive.

      I do think a 32 hour work week should be doable. Overtime exemptions are utter bullshit across the board though.