This Senate bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reduce the standard federal workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours. The sponsor is Senator Bernie Sanders. The bill was read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 14, 2026. The measure is listed as in progress.
The bill would change the legal definition of the standard workweek to 32 hours. No publicly available information on how overtime pay, wages, exemptions, scheduling, or enforcement would work under this change.
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