1. What stands between you and a four-day work week - CalMatters
Apr 6, 2023 · Evidence from pilot programs show that 32 hour weeks are feasible, but business groups in California say it won't work for all companies.
Lawmakers have introduced bills that would encourage or require shortened work weeks, but business groups and labor advocates remain at odds.
2. Why the four-day workweek has already arrived - Los Angeles Times
Jun 6, 2023 · In 1940, Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to limit the standard workweek to 40 hours, with any additional hours eligible for ...
Legislation on the subject has been considered in California and Congress. Companies across the country and world have made it a successful reality.
3. Is the 32-Hour Workweek Coming to California? - SHRM
Apr 25, 2022 · Currently, California employers must pay nonexempt workers time-and-a-half for hours worked beyond eight in a day or 40 in a week. Double time ...
Lawmakers in the Golden State are considering a bill that would require businesses with more than 500 employees to shift to a 32-hour workweek and pay overtime premiums for excess hours—but does the bill have a chance of becoming law?
4. House Democrats Make Second Attempt To Enact 32 Hour ...
Jun 13, 2023 · In March, Representative Mark Takano from California's 39th District introduced the “Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act.” If passed, the bill ...
5. Bill proposed to make 32-hour workweek U.S. law by Rep. Mark ...
Mar 10, 2023 · Rep. Mark Takano, who represents California's 39th district, has reintroduced his 32-hour Workweek Act to Congress, which, if passed, ...
Rep. Mark Takano, who represents California's 39th district, has reintroduced his 32-hour Workweek Act to Congress.
6. 32-hour workweek – is it right for you? | HRD America
Sep 16, 2022 · The bill titled Assembly Bill No. 2932 proposes that companies in California with over 500 employees cut the workweek to 32 hours. The proposal ...
California has toyed with a four-day workweek, even considering legislation
7. U.S. House considers bill to cut workweek to 32 hours - Fortune
Mar 14, 2023 · California lawmaker wants the workweek to be 32 hours. 'Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor'.
California Rep. Mark Takano has the AFL-CIO on his side and a massive global study, but can he convince his peers?
8. Overtime - California Department of Industrial Relations
Eight hours of labor constitutes a day's work, and employment beyond eight hours in any workday or more than six days in any workweek requires the employee to ...
State of California
9. Congressman Takano Reintroduces 32 Hour Workweek Act
Jan 3, 2023 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark Takano (CA-39), a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, reintroduced the ...
The Official U.S. House website of Congressman Mark Takano of California District 39
10. What could a 32-hour workweek mean for California employers? - HR Dive
Jun 23, 2022 · If passed, the bill would revise the state's definition of “workweek,” changing it from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week. Hours worked in ...
While the state’s bill is stalled, the effort demonstrates a shift toward flexibility at work.
11. What You Need to Know About 32 Hour Workweeks - Hackler Flynn
May 4, 2022 · On March 24, 2022, AB 2932, which seeks to amend California's overtime pay law, was proposed. AB 2932 redefines a “workweek” for California ...
As employees return to the office after two years of remote work due to the pandemic, efforts to reduce the work time during the workweek have gained steam. California legislation is on the frontline of this change, with a new bill that reduces the standard workweek to 32 hours – without any reduction
12. Can California Rep. Mark Takano's 4-day workweek bill pass Congress?
Mar 15, 2023 · It would require overtime pay at a rate of time and half for any employee who works more than 32 hours in one week. The proposal would apply ...
California Rep. Mark Takano isn't the only House member to push a bill in Congress calling for a four-day workweek. Previous efforts have failed.
13. 32-Hour Workweek? Not Just Yet, California Legislature Says
May 9, 2022 · AB 2932 would have amended Section 510 of the California Labor Code to require private-sector employers with more than 500 employees to pay ...
Mercury in retrograde or a sign of the end times? In a rare win for employers, the California legislature this past week failed to advance Assembly...
14. Guide to The 4-Day Workweek California Bill (& 2023 Update)
6 days ago · In March 2023, Congressman Mark Takano reintroduced the bill, now called the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, which would replace the current ...
Curious about the 4-day workweek California bill? Our career experts explain this bill and how it could redefine work for employers and employees.
15. Work Day & Work Week - The Laws in California - Shouse Law
more than forty (40) hours in a single workweek without overtime. When an employer makes the employee work more than the maximum number of hours without paying ...
California employment law requires employers to offer breaks during the work day and overtime pay when employees work extra hours during the work week.
16. How Workers Lose with 4-Day Workweek Proposal - Advocacy
Apr 13, 2022 · The bill, AB 2932 (Low; D-Campbell), redefines a workweek from 40 hours to 32 for employers with 500 or more employees, and lowers the weekly ...
For years, employees have expressed their desire for the kind of workplace flexibility that would allow them to set a flexible daily schedule or
17. California could adopt a four-day workweek. Is that a good thing?
Nov 8, 2022 · A new bill proposes shrinking the standard workweek to 32 hours, giving employees an extra eight hours, or a full day, of free time.
A new bill proposes shrinking the standard workweek to 32 hours, giving employees an extra eight hours, or a full day, of free time
18. Should California shorten the workweek to 32 hours?
Apr 22, 2022 · Under the bill, AB 2932, employees would be entitled to the same total weekly compensation, and due overtime pay after more than 32 hours of ...
Proponents of a new Assembly Bill say a shorter workweek would increase employee productivity.
19. This California Company Is Trying a 4-Day Workweek - NBC Los Angeles
May 12, 2022 · In February of this year, two California lawmakers introduced Assembly Bill 2932 that would shorten the workweek from 40 to 32 hours for ...
"People want to move in the world differently," says the company's president. "They want to do more of what matters to them. And we need to start realizing that and making space for them."
20. California's French Four-Day Workweek - WSJ
Apr 15, 2022 · A 32-hour week means employers will have to hire more employees at a higher overall cost to do the same amount of work. Or they'll have to pay ...
Another labor economics classic: Democrats want to order employers to pay workers the same wages for fewer hours of work.
21. 32-Hour Workweek Bill is Punitive Attempt to Force CA Employers to ...
Presented as a bill to allow California employees to work fewer hours each week, Assembly Bill 2932 by Assembly members Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) and ...
Presented as a bill to allow California employees to work fewer hours each week, Assembly Bill 2932 by Assembly members Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) and Evan Low (D–Campbell), would require all businesses in the state with 500+ employees to redefine a full-time workweek to 32 hours instead of 40 hours.
22. 4-day work week bill stalls in California State Legislature - ABC7
May 3, 2022 · A California bill that would require businesses to pay overtime to employees working more than 32 hours a week has been shelved for now.
A California bill that would require businesses to pay overtime to employees working more than 32 hours a week has been shelved for now.
23. 4-day workweek bill reintroduced in California - FOX 11 Los Angeles
Mar 16, 2023 · It would require overtime pay at a rate of time and half for any employee who works more than 32 hours in one week. "Workers across the nation ...
A California congressman has reintroduced a bill to Congress that would end the traditional five-day work cycle.
24. Could a 32-hour workweek become the norm? - Spectrum News
Jan 20, 2023 · ... workweek. “The Chamber of Commerce in California called it a job killer, that the idea of working 32 hour weeks would make the state ...
Companies have moved to 32-hour weeks with 40 hours of pay
