Former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has called for a more flexible work schedule, consisting of a four-day workweek of six hours per day. Marin said that a flexible work schedule would give employees more time to spend with their families. Currently in Finland,...

“I believe that people deserve to spend more time with their families, loved ones, hobbies and other aspects of life, such as culture. This could be the next step for us in working life,” the prime minister commented on the new proposal.

  • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Overtime exists. You’ll just get paid more if you work 60h. If your employer allows you to work that much.

    • Paragone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 hours ago

      Sorry, my point is that there are fundamentally-different-motivations, & that fundamentally-different-motivations have to be treated differently, legally … exactly the same as people-without-family can probably work significantly more hours per week than can people-with-children-to-care-for.

      It isn’t a question of just putting overtime above 40h/week, it is a question of having 2 distinct populations in the same workforce, & you don’t make the law ignore 1 of them, not the with-family people, AND not the without-family people.

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      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        Sorry but this way you can get paid more if you work more than 40 hours a week. Or are you saying you want to work more without being paid more?