| > The California state government has been running this experiment for a while (sort of). No, they haven't. > They require all their workers to take a day off out of each 10 work days (so a 5 day week and then a 4 day). No, they don't. Some California state workers have the option to take a "9/8/80" schedule (an 80-hour, two-week schedule with 8 nine-hour workdays and 1 eight-hour workday, and 1 weekday off) or a "4/10/40" schedule (a 40-hour, one-week schedule with 4 ten-hour workdays and one weekday off). [1] But these, like the baseline 5-days @ 8 hours/day schedule, are all 40-hour/week (averaged over each two-week period, in the case of 9/8/80) schedules, not reduced schedules like a 4-day, 8-hour/day schedule. Additionally, most permanent full-time state workers have the option of an additional leave day per month with a 5-percent reduction in pay. [2] And, recently, there were several years where most employees experienced furloughs varying between 1 to 3 days per month with accompanying pay reductions as part of a cost 'cutting' (large, cost deferring) measure. [3] [1] http://www.calhr.ca.gov/employees/pages/alternate-work-week-... [2] https://www.calhr.ca.gov/employees/Pages/leave-benefits.aspx... [3] see, e.g., http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/14/local/la-me-state-pa... |