California Media Interviews Todd Scherwin for Insight on State's Push for a Four Day Workweek

A proposal in California’s Assembly would reduce the state’s standard workweek to 32 hours – or four eight-hour days – for companies with more than 500 employees. The bill, if passed, would force companies to pay employees time-and-a-half for any hours worked about 32 in a week.

Todd Scherwin spoke with The Sacramento Bee and The San Francisco Chronicle about the challenges this bill could bring to employers. “I really am not sure that, for the majority of workforces, this is going to mean people are going to be working four days a week,” he said. “I think for the majority of these workforces where you need people to work five days a week, this is going to increase wages, to increase costs.”

Todd also raised questions about what the change would mean for workers who work less than full-time: Would part-time employees earn less per hour than full-time employees? Would employees hired after the law took effect be paid less per-hour than those hired before?

“There are lots of moving pieces that I don’t necessarily think everyone’s thought of yet,” he said.

To read the full articles visit The Sacramento Bee and The San Francisco Chronicle.