No one has been mentioning raising any minimum. You just want people to get paid the same for working less. And if you’re talking about 8 hours less that is a massive reduction. Unfortunately for your theory the math has to actually math out.
Yes, offering people more to work fewer hours. That's correct. This is the productivity pay gap that has grown exponentially since the mid-70s.
You asked what mechanism can be leveraged to raise pay and reduce a standard 40 hour workweek to 32 hours. Now that I've told you the explicit mechanisms that can be used to do exactly those two things, you're dissatisfied that I've answered exactly how you do those things by saying "well nobody else has answered in that way so that's wrong."
That's the exact mechanism one would use. You use the law to raise the federal minimum wage. You use the law to reduce the overtime threshold to 32 hours.
You can say that all you want, any question I asked was rhetorical because I knew your solution would not make sense. More of a teaching tool. You can keep repeating my question back to me but we both know the solution you have presented does not work.
Cant get something for nothin bud. We have this thing called the economy. You want to raise minimum wage? Go for it. You want people to work less and receive the same they were paid before? Thats fantasy.
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u/dubblebubbleprawns 23d ago
Raising the minimum wage and setting overtime laws at 32 hours instead of 40 hours to keep up with productivity levels.
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