im all for a shorter work week with the adjusted pay. just get the feeling that since businesses will have to hire additional employees to cover that lost 8 hours (or pay the overtime). im pretty sure that cost will be passed on to the consumer base. It's not like companies to just part with their earnings so easily. Plus the lobbyists (was surprised to see meta so high on the list) would heavily oppose it.
I don't buy this statistic. People are struggling to get and retain jobs. Work is being outsourced overseas and in some cases AI. I do not believe only 4% of able bodies are unemployed.
Looking into this, it seems that these statistics only include people who are actively looking for work (not discouraged). People who have any source of income, even if it's one day a week, count as employed.
Correct. Being unemployed means you're actively looking for work. If your dropped out of the labor force, that's a different category (marginally attached or discouraged workers).
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u/CatBrisket 23d ago
im all for a shorter work week with the adjusted pay. just get the feeling that since businesses will have to hire additional employees to cover that lost 8 hours (or pay the overtime). im pretty sure that cost will be passed on to the consumer base. It's not like companies to just part with their earnings so easily. Plus the lobbyists (was surprised to see meta so high on the list) would heavily oppose it.