Probably.

Edit: I hit send on accident. I meant to say it’s probably possible. It might require some creativity and flexibility but no reason why it can’t work out. I’ve seen it done in various call center situations before without a loss in service or productivity.

LMFAO! It's hilarious to hear Y'All Qaeda trash whining when they realize the actual majority of people in this country aren't going to put up with them forcing their dark age fairy tale values on others. The fact they are willing to use violence and murder people to do so makes them terrorist and they will be treated as such.

Wasn't this the backdrop for the Adams Family? They were creepy and weird superficially but with a solid moral compass, while all of the "squeaky clean" folks around town looked clean-cut but were constantly being shitheads.

The turnpike and PennDOT are separate entities, and neither of them are funded by PA’s general fund, which is what has the surplus.

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FIX THE DAMN ROADS OR AT LEAST CLEAN THE TRASH OFF THE SIDE OF THEM

Still fighting with boomer managers and ceos that WFH is beneficial. They’re gonna take some real convincing for this.

Is it impossible to keep the same number of workers and stagger the schedules so that all five days are covered but every individual only does four of them?

PennDOT and the PTC are separate entities.

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I mean....I haven't looked into it but you can draw your own conclusions.

We are going to get paid for 40 though, right? It's kinda why most people work over 40, for the money. Not just for fun.

Some are, some have been totally replaced, some have been refurbished. https://www.penndot.pa.gov/ProjectAndPrograms/Bridges/Pages/default.aspx

I’m a 12 hour shift worker doing a minimum of 48 hours a week. I don’t see this happening for industrial employees or 24/7 operations. In your place, since 5 days would be required, would it be possible to work employees for less hours for 5 days? Just out of curiosity. If there was a 32 max work week, could the same job be done in 6.5 hours a day instead of 8?

You are correct. An example is Jerry Falwell Sr. (founder of evangelical Liberty University) who heavily influenced the GOP in the 1980s.

There is a state budget surplus currently. It's not unique to PA, most states are enjoying budget surpluses right now.

It's likely a temporary situation due to a confluence of factors, but of course many politicians are rushing to make big changes in taxes and spending as though this will be some sort of permanent condition.

States are still sitting on piles of Federal cash, from pandemic aid to infrastructure bills. In the short term inflation leads to a bump in tax revenues, as higher wages and higher prices translates to improved tax receipts. Corporate profits are still running strong.

I could never imagine growing up in the fucked up T part of Pennsylvania.

Because the turnpike commission had to issue bonds to make payments to penndot to pay for mass transportation around the state.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/09/pa-turnpikes-future-financial-viability-requires-immediate-legislative-action-audit.html

Not sure what to think.

I left PSU after a single summer semester because it was such shit.

There is a difference between the Turnpike, PennDOT, and the state budget. PTC is a separate entity from the state, with its own budget and funding stream.

This plan is essentially to refund tolls to PA drivers out of the state budget without reducing PTC’s income.

Yes. When I watch Footloose, I cheer for Kevin Bacon's character not the religious leader that bans things for other people's high school students doing because he doesn't like it.

We knew that leader was a bad guy or villain to fight against because they are doing a thing call "oppression",,, we found that ot back in the 80's. I don't like that shit coming to my state.

Employers are not as they usually have to pay the same 40 hours for 32 hours if they are going that method.
I work in a company that cannot operate on 4 days, we need to do 5. You guys like to have access to your medical customer service, so this is what's required. We cannot do 4 days. Our costs would go up to cover the 5th, we would pass that along to our clients, who would pass that along to the customers. In the medical field we cover, profit margins are very thin and there is no room for this.

Do I support a 4 day work week, fuck yea I do.

This isn't going to happen. It's just one state legislator with a harebrained idea.

Some other states give discounts to home-state EZ-Passes, we could too.