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CA proposed AB 2392 to reduce work week to 32 hours

The California Assembly has proposed bill AB 2392 which “would change the definition of a workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours for companies with more than 500 employees. A full workday would remain at eight hours, and employers would be required to provide overtime pay for employees working longer than four full days.” More copypasta below. Unionized workforces, or those with collective bargaining agreements, are exempt Assembly Member Cristina Garcia said the bill does not apply to workers with collective bargaining agreements because “I like to think of this as a floor, and oftentimes our bargaining agreements are better.” Under the bill, employees who work in excess of 32 hours would be compensated at a rate of at least 1.5 times their regular rate of pay, as is currently required for those who work in excess of 40 hours. Crucially, the bill would also prohibit employers from reducing an…


The California Assembly has proposed bill AB 2392 which “would change the definition of a workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours for companies with more than 500 employees. A full workday would remain at eight hours, and employers would be required to provide overtime pay for employees working longer than four full days.” More copypasta below.

  • Unionized workforces, or those with collective bargaining agreements, are exempt

  • Assembly Member Cristina Garcia said the bill does not apply to workers with collective bargaining agreements because “I like to think of this as a floor, and oftentimes our bargaining agreements are better.”

  • Under the bill, employees who work in excess of 32 hours would be compensated at a rate of at least 1.5 times their regular rate of pay, as is currently required for those who work in excess of 40 hours.

  • Crucially, the bill would also prohibit employers from reducing an employee’s regular rate of pay as a result of the reduced hourly workweek requirement.

  • Conversations are ongoing about how the rules would work for salaried employees

That last point makes me think that it will end up not applying to salaried workers.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-08/proposed-bill-could-make-california-the-first-state-to-implement-a-4-day-workweek

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