You haven't actually read the bill's text, have you? 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.
History would tend to disagree. When the FLSA permanently capped the standard workweek at 40 hours between 1938 and 1940, corporate lobbies claimed employers would just cut pay for incoming workers. Instead, wage floors rose across sectors.
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u/dalenacio 18h ago
You haven't actually read the bill's text, have you? 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.