A.I. aside, we should get 4 day work weeks regardless.

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    17 hours ago

    We are already more productive than any other time in history and we don’t have a 4 day work week.

    If we did get a 4 day work week, the owners would not scale our pay to accommodate for less hours on the job. 15/hr over 50 hours would turn into 15/hr over 40 hours, not 18.75/hr over 40 hours.

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      14 hours ago

      A 4 day work week wouldn’t change anything for people working an hourly wage.

      This is talking about redefining ‘full-time’ at a legislative level from being 36 hours to something less.

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        15 hours ago

        So would this not be worse for, for example, people on partial disability benefits who are allowed to retain benefits while working part time but not full time employment?

        If nothing changes for them but they are now registered as full time employees, they lose their benefits for nothing in return. Who would this help?

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          I don’t think the work requirements for disability work that way, or are tied to the same legislation.

          It would help people who work full-time. People who work hourly already don’t work M-F 8-5 most of the time.

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      16 hours ago

      Not what is happening in Spain, nor would it make any sense to mandate that… And you work 50 hours a week?

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        15 hours ago

        I’m not saying that the law would require all wages to stay the same, I’m saying that without the law specifically stating that wages MUST raise to accommodate, they will stay the same, resulting in overall less payment. We can’t even get a federal minimum wage increase, certainly not a full wage increase tied to an hours reduction.

        Yes, why? The example would still ring true with a reduction from 40 to 32 hours.

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          14 hours ago

          But… like… do you think someone would openly campaign with a plan that fucks everyone over? I… I just remembered that Trump is a thing…

          But yea, such law would necessitate that

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            how does a law force companies to scale wages instead of firing? At-will employment is a thing. How does a law also retroactively make all at-will employment subject to investigation if they dont scale wages and fire instead? What laws around the world accomodate this kind of situation?

            Lots of people advocate for things that have unforseen consequences. Its not impossible for that to happen, no?