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Originally Posted by Detroitdad
Hold on there. It depends on who you are. If you are a work a day schlub like me, then 35 hour work week (soon to be a thing of the past) with five weeks vacation, and maternity leave sound pretty good. I'd put up with a lot to have that type of schedule.
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How about 10 percent overall unemployment; 25 percent for those under 25 years of age; and even worse for minorities? This works great for the 85 percent of the population that manages to get a job, but what about the rest? Jobs aren't being created because firms opt not to come here or entrepreneurs opt to start up elsewhere. I know plenty of people, especially young people, that bounce from one temp job to the other, or have resigned themselves to unemployment. A total loss of productivity and efficiency. This eventually takes its toll on a nation.
The 35-hour work week will become a thing of the past only if employers are willing to compenesate their workers for those 4 extra hours a week. Currently employers must give workers 8 more vacation days a year to make up for those 4 extra hours (for a total of 6 1/2 weeks of paid vacation per year).
For the most part, employers will stick with the 35-hour work week.