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Most people are not salaried knowledge workers. A hairdresser's hourly productivity doesn't increase if he works 6 hours instead of 8. A cashier's throughput wont increase notably if she only works 6 hours a day, and there's no effective means for that type of worker to "fit" 8 hours of work into a 6 hour day.

What do you do with these people? Do you increase the minimum wage to something more inflation adjusted (upwards of $20/hr). Do you just cut their hours and be done with it? What do you do about the staffing shortages that a 30hr work week would create?



You hire more people to cover shifts. Service jobs are largely part-time anyway, sometimes intentionally to avoid paying benefits.


Retailers in the UK prefer to hire part time staff because it gives them more resilience. One person off sick is less of a problem when you have 10 staff vs 5.


Sounds like a way to increase labor demand.




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