Bill Introduced For a Four-Day Working Week In The United States

Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill for a four-day working week in the United States. He stated: "One of the issues that we have to talk about is stress in this country, the fact that so many people are going to work exhausted physically and mentally. And the fact that we have not changed the Fair Labor Standards Act – this was in 1940 – we came up with the 40-hour workweek in 1940. Who is going to deny that the economy has … fundamentally and radically changed over that period of time?" As regards the UK, the present government has refused to back a move to a four-day working week. Whilst the Labour Party are likely to form the next Government later on this year, it is not yet known whether a proposal to introduce a four-day working week will be included in the Labour Party manifesto. However, some Labour Party front benchers are believed to be in favour of such a policy.