Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a plan to reduce the US workweek from 40 to 32-hours. Self-described democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the “ Thirty-Two Hour Work Week Act ” recently that would mandate the standard workweek be reduced from 40 to 32 hours.
Under the law, employees would not receive a reduction in pay despite the 20% drop in labor. Additionally, employers would be forced to pay overtime at the rate of time and a half for shifts exceeding eight hours per day, and double pay for time more than 12 hours daily. Empty offices such as […]
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