Bernie Sanders Tries to Legislate Leisure

It’s a superfluous effort. The market has already moved toward a 32-hour workweek.

Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill last week that would establish a “standard” 32-hour workweek and lower the overtime threshold after which employers are required to pay time and a half. The Vermont socialist is late to the party again. The free market has already delivered what he’s seeking.

The growing availability of four-day workweeks, hybrid schedules, remote work and the gig economy reveals that Mr. Sanders’s bill isn’t radical as much as it is superfluous and unnecessary. The senator is attempting to legislate a work culture that a growing number of businesses in the private economy are already providing for employees.

Read the full article at the Wall Street Journal