Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday introduced a bill proposing the establishment of a standard four-day workweek in the United States, without any accompanying reduction in pay.
The bill proposes to decrease the threshold for eligibility for overtime pay from 40 hours to 32 hours over a span of four years. It mandates that overtime compensation be provided at a rate of 1.5 times an employee's regular salary for workdays exceeding eight hours and at double the regular salary for workdays surpassing 12 hours.
