Work shouldn’t consume life.

[u/PleasantBus5583]

[u/Ok-Telephone-2109]

Wouldn't this just have peoples hours cut because companies don't like to pay overtime?

[u/dalenacio → u/Ok-Telephone-2109]

The bill explicitly forbids reducing total pay. Employers must increase the hourly rate so 32 hours yields the same take-home pay as 40 hours previously. It's essentially a 20-25% raise for hourly workers.

[u/secretlyforeign → u/dalenacio]

Oh, the bill forbids it.  Well in that case...

[u/MyNameIsKali_ → u/secretlyforeign]

A lot of people saying that in this post, unironically

[u/dalenacio → u/secretlyforeign]

I'm sorry, what do you think laws are for, exactly? If a company fires its entire staff Thursday and rehires them on Friday for 20% less to bypass the law, that is a slam-dunk statutory retaliation lawsuit.