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Title: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: Kamaji on August 19, 2023, 02:40:21 pm
Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction

By Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox Business   
August 19, 2023

Workers at many Pennsylvania businesses could be looking at a four-day workweek, as a state legislator says she will introduce a bill to shorten the workweek without reducing worker’s pay.

Democratic Rep. G. Roni Green, who serves a part of Philadelphia County, says that she will “soon” introduce legislation requiring businesses with more than 500 employees to reduce their work hours from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week without reducing employee pay.

This legislation would exclude small and mid-size companies, Green said in a memorandum posted Aug. 15.

The 40-hour workweek was first established in 1938, which Green says no longer matches societal needs.

“Today, most workers continue to work a standard 40-hour workweek, but society looks and operates differently than it once did in 1938,” Green argued. “Technological advancement alone have significantly increased the productivity of workers allowing more work to be accomplished in less time.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/19/pennsylvania-rep-g-roni-green-to-introduce-4-day-workweek-bill-with-no-pay-reduction/
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: Kamaji on August 19, 2023, 02:40:30 pm
:facepalm2:
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: DefiantMassRINO on August 19, 2023, 03:05:06 pm
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Sloth may be a virtue in a cheese-eating surrender monkey Socialist utopia like France, but in America, we believe in Yankee thrift and industry.
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: GtHawk on August 19, 2023, 06:14:54 pm
What, is this fool jealous of Noisome and other democrat's success in driving business and residents out of California so he's going to have a 'Hold my beer' moment?
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: mountaineer on August 19, 2023, 07:17:11 pm
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reduce their work hours from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week without reducing employee pay.
So, stealing employers' money.
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: Wingnut on August 19, 2023, 07:33:52 pm
I would Pack up my company and leave the state.
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: Smokin Joe on August 20, 2023, 05:47:35 am
I would Pack up my company and leave the state.
In a New York second!
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: Hoodat on August 20, 2023, 05:56:44 am
Why not just make it a 3-day workweek.  And while you're at it, bump up the minimum wage to $100/hr.
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: Kamaji on August 20, 2023, 01:07:17 pm
Why not just make it a 3-day workweek.  And while you're at it, bump up the minimum wage to $100/hr.

With double overtime for working on the "weekend".
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: mountaineer on August 20, 2023, 01:09:24 pm
With double overtime for working on the "weekend".
Like the land of Oz:
We get up at twelve and start to work at one
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done
Jolly good fun!
Title: Re: Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce 4-day workweek bill with no pay reduction
Post by: Kamaji on August 20, 2023, 01:37:29 pm
Like the land of Oz:
We get up at twelve and start to work at one
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done
Jolly good fun!

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