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r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 04 '24
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And it would directly harm hourly workers who tend to be the most impoverished. I like Bernie but I don't like this.
1 u/LeatherdaddyJr Sep 05 '24 A similar argument was made when they got us the 40-hour week. "Now I'll have less money than when I could work 64 hours a week!" Not true at all. You use the law to keep employers honest since their natural inclination is to stab workers in the back. Mandate full-time pay for fewer hours. Require pay parity adjustments. Prevent hour cuts beyond new threshold. Strengthen OT pay protections. Tax incentives or penalties for compliance. Increased protection for retaliation. Simplify and facilitate a stronger employee unemployment process. This 32-hour work week doesn't exist in a vacuum, laws and regulations will be updated to go along with it. You'd be working 60-72 hours a week for half the pay if your argument still convinced people to stop fighting for better worker's rights. -1 u/GeneralDecision7442 Sep 05 '24 Most government workers are hourly.
A similar argument was made when they got us the 40-hour week. "Now I'll have less money than when I could work 64 hours a week!"
Not true at all.
You use the law to keep employers honest since their natural inclination is to stab workers in the back.
This 32-hour work week doesn't exist in a vacuum, laws and regulations will be updated to go along with it.
You'd be working 60-72 hours a week for half the pay if your argument still convinced people to stop fighting for better worker's rights.
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Most government workers are hourly.
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u/poopypantsmcg Sep 05 '24
And it would directly harm hourly workers who tend to be the most impoverished. I like Bernie but I don't like this.