Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies benefit?

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The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off.

RUSS BYNUMThe senior senator from Vermont's proposal seeks to reduce the standard workweek over a four-year period.

That means people who currently work Monday through Friday, eight hours per day, would get to add an extra day to their weekend. Workers eligible for overtime would get paid extra for exceeding 32 hours in a week. "The majority of employees register an increase in their productivity over the trial. They are more energized, focused and capable," Juliet Shor, a Boston College sociology professor and a lead researcher on the UK study, told Sanders' Senate committee.

"It would threaten millions of small businesses operating on a razor-thin margin because they're unable to find enough workers," said Cassidy, the ranking Republican on the committee. "Now they've got the same workers, but only for three-quarters of the time. And they have to hire more."

 

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