The system is biased against letting people work a shorter work week in the US for professional positions. a) Health insurance is partially paid by employers, c

The system is biased against letting people work a shorter work week in the US for professional positions. a) Health insurance is partially paid by employers, creating a lot of overhead for each employee, and the cost is the same whether they work 20 hrs or 60 hrs. and b) most professionals are exempt from paying OT to salaried employees, so there is no disincentive to not push your employees to work longer than 40hrs/wk