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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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I'm not sure there is any productivity loss, I work way more efficiently at home
If you had kids, pets, etc, you might find yourself taking more breaks. But breaks are probably good for productivity too...
A quiet desk with your dog next to you or... soul-crushing commute and a noisy office?
Gee, I wonder why people are generally more productive at home?
Especially with the expansion of the open office.. Ugh. I've avoided it for most of my career and I hope to never go back to an official office unless it has a door on it.
Plus there's a multitude of studies showing that people work far less than 8 hours a day, even if they are physically present at the job. I doubt productivity actually drops at all.
I worked in a government office that supported a very seasonal industry.
My coworker had an 8:30 start and would be done her work by 9.
Other times we wouldn't have time in the day to finish, but the slow season was hell.