It is quite probable that Senator Sanders' approach could have a number of adverse consequences to an employer's health benefit plans.
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It is unclear as to the 'longevity' of Senator Sanders' proposal regarding impacted positions.
Senator Sanders' proposal would require an employer to establish a new wage structure for all employees.
Who is going to deny that the economy has not fundamentally and radically changed over that period of time?
We have got to start asking some fundamental questions.
We have more income and wealth inequality than we have ever had before.
We are living in a difficult moment in American history.
The fact that so many people are going to work exhausted, physically and mentally.
Tremendous opportunity for everybody, absolutely. But the issue of distribution of wealth, the wealth dividend, Senator, from AI, I know that is what we are really talking about here.
This proposal is going in the wrong direction. Flexibility is what we need.
Let's give flexibility to workers and to employers. Don't have Government come in and intervene.
The result has been that there has been a $50 trillion transfer of wealth from the bottom 90 percent to the top 1 percent.
U.S. workers deserve a break. It's time for a 32-hour working week.
The FLSA should be amended to require employers to pay overtime to nonexempt employers after 32 hours of work in a workweek.
We are, however, opposed to amending the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to change the overtime requirements for nonexempt employees from 40 hours to 32 hours.
We agree with Senator Sanders' objective of holding this hearing to explore options for employees to share any 'AI wealth dividend' that may occur as a result of AI-related productivity advances in the workplace.
Workers have been sacrificed at the altar of greed and they have been stripped of their dignity.
That is criminal. America is better than this.