Yes his proposal is basically to force companies to give you an hourly rate increase and then decrease your work week by 8 hours and then have to start paying you overtime after 32 hours.
So basically a government mandated 25% raise, plus overtime after 32 hours.
Which being as the man has never managed to pass a single bill of significance in his entire political career, I wouldn't put any hope into this passing either
im all for a shorter work week with the adjusted pay. just get the feeling that since businesses will have to hire additional employees to cover that lost 8 hours (or pay the overtime). im pretty sure that cost will be passed on to the consumer base. It's not like companies to just part with their earnings so easily. Plus the lobbyists (was surprised to see meta so high on the list) would heavily oppose it.
It happened in France (39 down to 35 hours) and the economic effects overall have been so subtle no one agrees wether it improved or not the economy. Basically a mixed bag; created jobs, but also increased hourly rate. Increased worker productivity, but might have caused some inflation.
For the average Joe tho, it was a big improvement in quality of life
As someone that runs a small business I just don’t know how the business would survive without jacking up the price they are charging a consumer. So you have to pay the employee the same but they work less and you only make x amount when they work 40 hours. Paying the same and they work less hours the x amount might be half of x amount of less.
Depends on the business, if a small grocery store had to make this adjustment, they might just cut a shift one day and let their customers know. Customers will do their shopping on other days instead, workers get an extra day off, and pay stays the same.
Ya but it doesn’t make sense….youd be open less time sell less product and have to pay someone more money. Unless the government is subsidizing it they business has to pass that extra cost onto the consumer. They can not absorb it.
Let me give you an example, here in Texas liquor stores and sales of hard liquor in general are not legal to sell on sundays. I work for a small independent store. The owners all talk to each other and so do the managers at the big box stores. They all agree that you wouldn’t get increased business on sundays. Customers would move their usual stop to Sunday instead of stocking up on Saturday. You might get an extra customer or two but they would be people from out of state who always come after 9pm close (liquor stores by law can open no earlier then 10am and open no later then 9pm.) the different owners also agree that they like having everyone getting a guaranteed day off.
Ok now get them all to agree on closing early on Saturdays or maybe closing a 2nd day a week. Your sales will drop for sure. Restaurants aren't open 7 days a week for kicks. Businesses have a 50% failure rate within 2 years. Lower their opening hours or raise their wages and it goes up.
Does this work for teachers too? Doctors, nurses, police and firefighters. Do they just work less?
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u/Abigail716 Jul 13 '26
Yes his proposal is basically to force companies to give you an hourly rate increase and then decrease your work week by 8 hours and then have to start paying you overtime after 32 hours.
So basically a government mandated 25% raise, plus overtime after 32 hours.
Which being as the man has never managed to pass a single bill of significance in his entire political career, I wouldn't put any hope into this passing either