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California Four-Day Workweek Bill Is Shelved for Now

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.

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