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Legislators in California are attempting to fulfill the dreams of countless workers and are taking steps towards enshrining a four-day work week into law.
A new bill introduced in the state assembly, known as AB2932, aims to lower the maximum threshold for overtime pay from 40 hours to 32 hours for companies with over 500 employees in the state. Assembly members Cristina Garcia and Evan Low co-authored the bill, which has not yet been set for a hearing.
“We've seen over 47 million people voluntarily leave their jobs for better opportunities. We're seeing a labor shortage across the board from small to big businesses,” Garcia told Fortune. “And so it's very clear that employees don’t want to go back to normal or the old way, but to rethink and go back to [something] better.”
She added that while catered meals or game rooms might have been enough for companies to attract workers in the past, she believes they want more now.
“They are looking for a healthier work-life balance. They want to feel less stress.”
The idea of a four-hour workweek has been gaining steam for years, but the pandemic and the subsequent so-called “Great Resignation” has dramatically expanded popular interest. And now, even politicians are getting serious about it. Advocates like Joe O’Connor, global CEO of 4 Day Week Global, nonprofit established to promote the idea of a...
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