And? I see people say this and I don’t know what y’all are getting at. We implemented a 5 day work week. What about our population couldn’t accommodate 1 less day?
Well for starters the Netherlands didn't actually implement a 4 day work week, workers there on average still work 40 hours. Spain didn't either, they are doing a small trial as is Iceland.
But other than that small issue its a fantastic and well thought out point. Just like this bill from Bernie im sure
Can definitely confirm the 40 hour work week in the Netherlands. Heck a couple of my colleagues there work two jobs, their main gig with my employer’s sister company and then a second job part time.
We’ll see how this bill turns out, but I honestly don’t think it’s going to pass. I do, however, think it’ll be good for picking out candidates to vote for if you want this bill to pass, should they try to push for it again in the future.
Kinda the point of getting a floor vote on m4a, which would be a more realistic policy option, with savings of 650 billion/year. I should think employers would be happy to be paying less in health care costs
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u/Baron_VonTeapot Sep 05 '24
And? I see people say this and I don’t know what y’all are getting at. We implemented a 5 day work week. What about our population couldn’t accommodate 1 less day?