I assume that this has zero chance of passing but I wonder if the legislature realizes that these lame duck proposals -- like the varrious wealth tax proposals-- have a real and negative effect on the state.
[Not that I don't agree that many places would be better off with 4 day work weeks. But many wouldn't, and the prospect of paying people the same even when some people work in jobs where their productivity is very much directly in proportion to the time the work... is just pretty much nuts.]
Democracy results in mandates, just like any other form of government.
It's not a 20% raise. This is the same pay for the same amount of work. It just cuts mandatory hours "on the clock" when no work is actually getting done.
Workers are still 100% responsible for the same full week of work and can be fired if they don't do it.
> "The idea is that employees work 80% of the time for 100% of the pay and maintain 100% productivity. It comes down to working more efficiently, including cutting back on unnecessary meetings."
Hey it's a 25% raise if you do the math by the hour!
As someone in North Carolina I'm glad I don't have to wake up to headlines of the state government pretending to try to pass strange utopian wishful thinking laws every few weeks. Not that we're perfect either, but the scope of ambition of CA politicians is so very, very, cute.
Has that California law requiring female board members (or else a punitive fine) for CA HQ'ed companies been struck down by the courts yet? I would be flabbergasted if that law survived the courts. Y'all have it strange out there.
nullc|3 years ago
[Not that I don't agree that many places would be better off with 4 day work weeks. But many wouldn't, and the prospect of paying people the same even when some people work in jobs where their productivity is very much directly in proportion to the time the work... is just pretty much nuts.]
smt88|3 years ago
Why? Because it gives people ideas?
Proven|3 years ago
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Justin_K|3 years ago
smt88|3 years ago
It's not a 20% raise. This is the same pay for the same amount of work. It just cuts mandatory hours "on the clock" when no work is actually getting done.
Workers are still 100% responsible for the same full week of work and can be fired if they don't do it.
> "The idea is that employees work 80% of the time for 100% of the pay and maintain 100% productivity. It comes down to working more efficiently, including cutting back on unnecessary meetings."
mech987|3 years ago
As someone in North Carolina I'm glad I don't have to wake up to headlines of the state government pretending to try to pass strange utopian wishful thinking laws every few weeks. Not that we're perfect either, but the scope of ambition of CA politicians is so very, very, cute.
Has that California law requiring female board members (or else a punitive fine) for CA HQ'ed companies been struck down by the courts yet? I would be flabbergasted if that law survived the courts. Y'all have it strange out there.
unknown|3 years ago
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Proven|3 years ago
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