California might pass law to reduce work hours to 32

[ImUTI]

For companies with over 500 employees

https://www.foxla.com/news/shorter-w...alifornia-bill

That'd be wild. Can't see companies not want to move out of the state if this law was passed

[N0stradamus]

Like any other bill that comes out of the CA legislature, it sounds good at first, but there's always an underlying motive that profits the elite at the expense of the plebs....

[TonyTriangles]

lol-their pay checks are about to get smaller

[amikaelmorris]

isn't that pretty much every low-tier job already? they never give you 40 so they don't have to give you health insurance

[iamanalphamale]

they never give you 40 so they don't have to give you health insurance

This bill will "try" to keep that from happening, but if that's the case, why would the company(ies) bother staying there to pay high health insurance for less hours worked?

As w/ all things Democrats touch or plan, nothing about how this affects the state in the future has been taken into account.

[Postmort3m]

So no more benefits and a smaller paycheck.

Solid, solid plan to help the people.

[r32gojirra]

Band aid solution for an economy where workers are accustomed to being paid for the hours they attend and not the results they produce.

[Ramoneb87]

How will poor and middle class hourly workers survive if you cut their hours by 20%

[AgRyan]

The bill says the salary/compensation must remain the same, for working less time.

This will kill smaller businesses that make people work 40 hours a week and can't afford to up employee compensation.

[radrd]

Fukkin idiots.

[johnnydeep1]

I agree with this.

Many Euro nations have 4 day work weeks with great results.

Most of the time office cels are just talking, day dreaming, texting etc. anyways. A condensed workweek sounds good.

[SoutheastBeast1]

The bill says the salary/compensation must remain the same, for working less time.

This will kill smaller businesses that make people work 40 hours a week and can't afford to up employee compensation.

LOL at kill smaller businesses

Those employees who work for smaller businesses aren't working any more during their 40 hours than those employed by large corporations. The 40 hour work week is a scam. Just as much can and will be produced in 32 hours if companies maintain the same performance expectation each week. Employees easily piss away 50% of the week doing nothing. We could trim to 20 hours a week and most companies, smaller included, will be fine.

[GooBaaa]

The bill says the salary/compensation must remain the same, for working less time.

This will kill smaller businesses that make people work 40 hours a week and can't afford to up employee compensation.

Wouldn’t exactly call a company of 500 employees a small business…..

[bsrkoacar2]

What about all the migrant field workers picking strawberries. You guys ready for massive strawberry shortages?

[20Mavs11]

It's like they want to chase everyone out of California. I wonder what their endgame is.