atomicbocks comments on Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day workweek

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

I don’t think the work requirements for disability work that way, or are tied to the same legislation.

It would help people who work full-time. People who work hourly already don’t work M-F 8-5 most of the time.

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[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Interesting. I was under the belief that disability benefit requiments basically meant "unable obtain and maintain full time employment due to a disability". After some research it seems it's more about how much money you earn than how many hours you work.
Are you not conflating Part Time/Hourly and Full time/Salary?

70% of Americans work full time and just under 60% of American workers are paid hourly wage.

For example, every factory I've worked in has been Full Time hours with hourly wage pay.

It's mostly Managerial/corporate positions that are salaried afaik.

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

AFAIK there is no such thing as hourly full-time in the US. Some places do the paychecks that way, but you are either part-time, full-time exempt, or full-time non-exempt.

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