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Re:We're moving to a four-day work week at Beacon by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @01:49PM (#31657815)
The goal is to keep expanding these trials until labor law ratchets the work week down for everyone to 4 days. It will take time, but it will happen.

If you as a freelancer want to work five days a week (or more), by all means, spend your life in such a manner. The rest of us work to live, not live to work.

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Re:We're moving to a four-day work week at Beacon by ako on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @03:25PM (#31658958)
Laws mostly do not apply across borders, and many of your competitors are in other countries. How do you think you can compete if your competitor's employees work 25% more?
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Re:We're moving to a four-day work week at Beacon by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @03:27PM (#31658992)
You disadvantage foreign firms with cross border financial/policy mechanisms, in the same way you encourage better labor and environmental practices for work outsourced abroad. This is a well worn policy path.

A race to the bottom can avoided with laws and regulation.

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