PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed legislation for a four day workweek.
State Representative G. Roni Green of Philadelphia says she will soon introduce a bill that would reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours per week.
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The change would only impact businesses that have more than 500 employees and the bill would ensure that there is no reduced pay for workers.
The 40-hour workweek was first established in 1938, which Green says no longer matches societal needs.
A republican opponent does not believe politicians should dictate private employees' schedules.
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Democrat Dave Madsen of Dauphin County has proposed a three-year pilot program on the shortened workweek involving 70 Pennsylvania businesses.
Madsen said that way, the data can speak for itself.