Overview

• On the Joe Rogan Experience podcast Sanders said AI gains should cut the standard workweek to 32 hours instead of causing layoffs, urging workers to spend more time on family and education.
• His Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, introduced last year, would phase in a four-day week over four years and require employers to pay overtime beyond 32 hours.
• Pilot programs in the United Kingdom, Japan and other countries have found that shorter weeks can sustain or increase productivity while reducing fatigue and stress.
• Sanders criticized tech executives for using AI to justify job cuts and outsourcing to lower-wage markets, and he called for democratic oversight of automation policies.
• Analysts warn that adopting a four-day week will demand significant labor-law reforms and shifts in corporate culture, particularly in overworked economies like India.