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Yes there is. In practice, many jobs have considerable fixed overheads to both employer and employee to you can't be hired for say under 10 hours a week. For i
by usaar333 3y ago
Yes there is. In practice, many jobs have considerable fixed overheads to both employer and employee to you can't be hired for say under 10 hours a week.
For instance, when I had a nanny, absent OT laws, optimal hours for both parties were 45/week. OT laws shifted my preference to 40. There is no 5 hour a week job my nanny could get given fixed overhead.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoThat is a good example, and 40 is an arbitrary line to draw. However, absent universal basic income, I do not see an easier way for the government to establish a minimum quality of life at work, at least in terms of hours worked.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoSmoking hot take but: lower the line to 30. 80 hours a week is an absurd amount of your week taken up working and it is nearly impossible to fit in a M-F schedule of 16 hours between 2 employers. two 30 hour jobs come down to 12 hour work days. Which sucks immensely but is manageable. Especially between a day and night shift. Then again, asking for 30 hours is also like asking for a 33% pay raise. But there are very slow movements towards 4 day/32 hour work weeks, so maybe this will be a thing in due time.