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2009-05-08 Europe

EU calls for shorter work week to create jobs

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Posted by Beavis 2009-05-08 08:33|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Pretty much how we got the 40 hour, 5 day workeweek 70 years ago. They could cut the work week to 4 hours, one day, and they'd still have swarms of unemployed immigrants on the dole.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-05-08 10:07|| 2009-05-08 10:07|| Front Page Top

#2 If there is no work/demand, it doesn't matter how short the bureaucrats want to make the work week. The employer will only 'tool up' and hire when demand increases. Decreeing a shorter work week only makes the loss of assets/costs lesser, it doesn't create more product or service.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-05-08 10:12|| 2009-05-08 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Fwance already tried this.

Wanna tell us how that worked out?

Idiots.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-05-08 12:21|| 2009-05-08 12:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Given the difficulties of firing unwanted or unneeded employees in the EU, companies are not likely to hire very many, even with a shortened work week. They'll just make the remainder more efficient. The only companies who'll hire more will be shops and restaurants, who need bodies to cover hours... of course, that's where increased employment is visible, so it's a win/win, I s'pose.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-05-08 13:12|| 2009-05-08 13:12|| Front Page Top

#5 This just in: The EU is full of morons with no concept of how wealth is created.

Posted by ChrisW. 2009-05-08 13:55|| 2009-05-08 13:55|| Front Page Top

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