e-3121 (Employment and labour)
- Keywords
- Working hours, terms and conditions
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The average worker is only productive for 2 hours and 58 minutes of an 8 hour work day;
- Henry Ford changed the work week from 48 to 40 hours to increase productivity (with success);
- We've been working 40 hour work weeks since 1914, before advanced computers, the Internet, and programs that have increased our productivity significantly;
- We are more efficient and productive than we were over 100 years ago;
- We've changed our work week before, we can do it again;
- Workers who have a better work-life balance are more efficient and productive;
- Companies who have implemented 4-day work weeks have seen productivity boosts;
- Microsoft Japan saw a 40% productivity increase by reducing the work week by one day;
- When we can be more efficient and productive in less time, there's no need for us to be at work instead of spending more family time;
- Overtime pay would instead be at at 34 hours instead of 44;
- This would increase productivity, create a better work-life balance for Canadians, and improve the mental health crisis that the pandemic has worsened for many Canadians; and
- We need this change to recover from this pandemic to boost our economy.
- Open for signature
- March 11, 2021, at 2:48 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 9, 2021, at 2:48 p.m. (EDT)