A Little Goes a Long Way: Chapter 3 Provides Small but Significant Changes to Alternative Workweek Schedule Laws
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A Little Goes a Long Way: Chapter 3 Provides Small but
Significant Changes to Alternative Workweek Schedule
Laws
Carolyn Gemma
Code Section Affected
Labor Code § 511 (amended).
ABX2 5 (Gaines); 2009 STAT. Ch. 3.'
I. INTRODUCTION
Lori Black, a financial services agent, could not be happier with her
compressed workweek schedule.2 Since her day starts earlier and she leaves the
office later, Lori avoids rush hour traffic in both the morning and in the evening.'
She no longer has to fight for a parking spot because she arrives well before her
co-workers.! Lori's favorite part is that she gets Mondays off to run errands, do
something fun, or spend time with her family.5
Steve Nesseler, an information technician, also enjoys a four-day workweek.6
Steve starts his ten-hour workday before his colleagues arrive in the office.7 This
allows him to work on his network before anyone else logs on, uninterrupted by
telephone calls and meetings.8 The four-day workweek makes Saturday and
Sunday more quality days.9 [Steve] can do [a] chore Friday morning at 10:00
A.M. and be the only one in line getting something, instead of doing that same
thing Saturday morning and being 12 people back in line.' Steve also has the
1. ABX2 5 was enacted as Chapter 3 during an extraordinary legislative session. ABX2 5 was
introduced on February 11, 2009, as a budget trailer bill and was signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
on February 20, 2009. ABX2 5 did not undergo any scrutiny by budget or legislative policy committees. There
is no opposition on file. See Complete Bill History of ABX2 5, http://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-
10/bill/asmI/ab_0001-0050/abx2_5_bi_20090220_history.html (last visited Jan. 17, 2010) (on file with the
McGeorge Law Review).
2. Megan Kamerick, The Four-Day Work Week: Flexible Scheduling Can Provide Both Monetary and
Quality of Life Benefits, N.M. BUS. WKLY., Oct. 3, 2008, available at http://albuquerque.bizjournals.com/
albuquerque/stories/2008/10/06/focus l.html (on file with McGeorge Law Review).
3. Id
4. Id.
5. Id
6. Mike Walton, Four-Day Workweek: Manager Says Pros Outweigh Cons, TECHREPuBLIC.COM, Feb.
23, 2001, http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5lOO-10878_1-5032598.html (on file with McGeorge Law
Review).
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8. Id.
9. Id
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