> shift-based employment this should almost be a no brainer In the US at least they already do, but probably not for the reasons you'd expect. US companies onl

> shift-based employment this should almost be a no brainer In the US at least they already do, but probably not for the reasons you'd expect. US companies only have to pay benefits for employees to work >= 40 hours/week. So 2 employees working 20 hours/week costs less than 1 employee working 40 hours/week. (Of course this is not beneficial to the employees.)