• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    From the bill itself:

    (iii) by adding at the end the following:

    “(3) With respect to any employee described in paragraph (2) who in any workweek is brought within the purview of this subsection by the amendments made to this Act by the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, the employer of such employee may not reduce the total workweek compensation rate, including the regular rate at which the employee is employed, or any other employee benefit due to the employee being brought within the purview of this subsection by such amendments.

    And yes, wages can definitely be determined by the government; see the Federal minimum-wage limit. Salary would remain the same; your hourly-wage would be increased by 1.25x.

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          8 months ago

          It would increase pay for some, and leave others without their jobs. Same as any other minimum wage increase.

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            8 months ago

            Yes, but combined with shorter work week, which may cause some increase in the amount jobs of exactly for people earning close to minimum wage, the result may be less noticeable.

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              8 months ago

              If a shorter work week results in there being more jobs, that conflicts with the notion we’d get just as much done in 32 hours as in 40.

              I guess you’re saying this effect is more likely in non-creative professions that simply can’t be compressed, which also happen to be the most likely to be minimum wage?

              Then what you’ve accomplished is cutting the hours of higher earners from 40 to 32, and increasing the hours of minimum wage earners from 40 to 64.

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      8 months ago

      Salary would remain the same

      For somebody hired before the law is enacted.

      EDIT: And minimum wage, if it’s going to be increased, will mostly affect people earning the minimum wage. Obviously.