It Is Time For a 32-Hour Work Week

It Is Time For a 32-Hour Work Week*

*Benefits and OT required at and above 32 hours.

 

There are 168 Hours in a week.

Divided by 40 hours:

6 Employee 3 shifts ,3 FT & 3 PT equals 37.333 hours each full timer and 18.666 hours each part timer

Roughly 9 hours per week of overlapping shifts.

 

Divided by 32 hours:

6 Employee on 3 shifts , 6 FT shifts equals 28 hours each or 4 FT and 4 PT timers at 14 hours each PTer.

12 hours of overlap, or have PTers work 6 hour shifts.

 

This either creates 3 new jobs with BENEFITS or 1 new FT and one new PT for every job requiring a 24 hour employee.

 

People objected when the 40 hour work week was introduced that:

• folks would not make enough money to survive on it
• would not know what to do with their free time.

In Actuality:

• People who have more time off will SPEND MORE $$$$
• Workers with two jobs could maybe have BOTH WITH BENEFITS, or...
• Work 4 days at one job and 2 at another and ACTUALLY HAVE A DAY OFF.

It would improve the economy AND the lives of workers!