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>People very rarely negotiate down their amount of work in exchange for more leisure. Yes, they do. Oh, wait: >Especially in America Right, this is a strict

>People very rarely negotiate down their amount of work in exchange for more leisure. Yes, they do. Oh, wait: >Especially in America Right, this is a strictly American discussion. This is not the case in Europe! People do quite frequently negotiate for less work hours, so that they don't enter that 'sour spot' where their monthly income is too high, and they end up working more for less reward, so they scale back. 20-30 hr/weeks are quite common - because the value of working longer isn't as high (40-hour work weeks means you're working half the time for the state..)

pjc50 10y ago
Depends. There are a lot of people in the EU working part-time because full-time hours aren't available. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/6800423/3-27042015-AP-EN.pdf/08a0ac51-c63d-44d0-ad29-248127fd01c3 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/6800423/3-270... Again, we have to distinguish why people are working part time: is it because full time work isn't available, or full time childcare isn't available, or two partners working parttime to split childcare, or is it genuinely a free choice in no other circumstances? And is it part-time low-wage work in the first place? Salaried employees find it a lot harder to negotiate the short week, although it's not impossible. How many people are doing <37.5 hour weeks that would actually be in the top tax bracket if they worked the full week? It can't be a large group because there aren't that many people in the top bracket to start with. I think in the UK a part-time worker on minimum wage might pay no income tax at all.