It’s a given: you’re supposed to work eight hours a day, five days a week, for a total of 40 hours—anything less is just not full time. Yet, fissures in this cultural norm are starting to show, accelerated by furloughs for state workers. While public employees were originally horrified by the loss of pay, some are now saying maybe it’s not such a bad thing. Could a four-day work week gain traction with more California businesses? And taking freelancers, telecommuters and workaholics into account, how many of us stick to the old nine to five anyway?
Guests:
Lauren Appelbaum, Research Director, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at UCLA
John De Graaf, Executive Director of Take Back Your Time
Lloyd Chapman, President of the American Small Business League