Washington — Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) has reintroduced legislation that would reduce the standard 40-hour workweek to 32 hours.
The Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act (H.R. 1332) would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reduce the threshold for overtime pay for nonexempt employees. It wouldn’t limit or change how many hours an employee may work during a week.
“The majority of workers impacted would be nonexempt, hourly workers,” a press release from Takano’s office states, “but some salaried workers fall under the scope of the bill’s provisions. This legislation has the potential to increase wage-earning opportunities for a larger number of workers by limiting the number of hours required to reach the full-time threshold, as well as allow for better work-life balance and overall health outcomes.”
The bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). According to the release, the legislation is backed by 4 Day Week Global, the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International Union, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, the Economic Policy Institute, the National Employment Law Project, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
“Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor – and our laws need to follow suit,” Takano said. “We have before us the opportunity to make commonsense changes to work standards passed down from a different era. The Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act would improve the quality of...
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