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ranyumetoday at 1:20 AM4 repliesview on HN

What do you mean? You just need to ban companies from doing 5 days work.


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madroxtoday at 1:39 AM

Amusingly, there is literally not even a 7 day work week ban for companies in the US. You can require employees work every day. Employers are just required to pay employees overtime under various conditions beyond 40 hours / five days a week, which is why you don't see it.

And what's more, software engineers are exempt from these rules because of their pay grades. If you're a SWE making a salary the odds are your employer could require you work on Saturdays without running afowl of labor laws.

This is all powered by norms.

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lII1lIlI11lltoday at 3:17 PM

You would also need to ban them from employing people in other countries that allow 5 days work.

dwgtoday at 4:10 AM

Same logic applies internationally.

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