California Four-Day Workweek Bill Is Shelved for Now
Proposal to shorten workweek from 40 to 32 hours at companies with more than 500 employees fails to advance in state legislature
A proposal from California Democrats to institute a statewide four-day workweek for hourly employees has been shelved, for now.
The bill failed to advance after the California State Assembly’s Labor and Employment Committee declined to set it for a policy hearing, said Evan Low, the Democratic state assembly member who co-wrote the proposed legislation.
That decision effectively ends the bill’s chances of progressing in the current legislative session, he said.
The proposal would have required private-sector employers with more than 500 employees to pay hourly workers overtime after logging more than 32 hours a week.
California…
