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For the US the biggest impediment is healthcare is based on a per employee charge, not per hour charge. So there's this perverse incentive to extract every poss
by Veliladon 3y ago
For the US the biggest impediment is healthcare is based on a per employee charge, not per hour charge. So there's this perverse incentive to extract every possible hour of labor from an employee, even with overtime at time and a half, to defray another fixed cost.
Without public health care and the subsequent lifting of healthcare costs from employers back over to a progressive tax system, I can't see the 4 day week being widely adopted.
- mqoca 3y agoIs that really the case? I was under the impression that part-time jobs in the US such as retail, food, etc. were so common precisely because part-time employees do not receive the same benefits (health insurance, retirement, PTO) as full-time employees.
- NateSwift 3y agoUnder the Affordable Care Act employees that work more than 30 hours per week (or 130 hours per month) are considered full time and require health insurance. I’d assume then that most part time employees work less than 30 hours a week