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A.I. aside, we should get 4 day work weeks regardless.

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[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I recall one of the ways to enforce a 4 day workweek was to enforce OT starting at 32 hours.

You could keep working 40+ hrs a week but it would hit the owners wallets.

Combine that with raising minimum wage and you're getting closer to UBI.

Neither one would help me I think being salary and around medium working class.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They don't even enforce OT over 40 for salaried positions.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

That's my point...

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That'll just make employers hire more employees with less hours.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 1 points 20 hours ago

Which is a good thing isn't it? Less overworked people and less unemployment

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The offset is ypu need to pay for overhead like benefits/HR/payroll/licenses/training for more employees. So there's a breakeven somewhere in there.

If anything it's more jobs.