PRINTER'S NO. 4231
No. 849 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY FAIRCHILD, CALTAGIRONE, COX, CREIGHTON, FLECK,
FRANKEL, GILLESPIE, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HESS, KORTZ,
MANDERINO, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MOUL, PAYNE, PHILLIPS,
RAMALEY, REICHLEY, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, VEREB, WATSON,
WOJNAROSKI AND CUTLER, AUGUST 5, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 5, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
2 conduct a study to determine the advantages and disadvantages
3 of establishing a four-day workweek for employees of the
4 Commonwealth.
5 WHEREAS, The rising cost of energy dictates the Commonwealth
6 search for practical ways to reduce its energy consumption; and
7 WHEREAS, This problem necessitates realistic and aggressive
8 solutions without which the already overburdened taxpayer will
9 be unfairly saddled with the cost of unnecessary energy
10 consumption; and
11 WHEREAS, Both state and local governments across the United
12 States have mandated four-day workweeks for their employees as a
13 cost-saving measure; and
14 WHEREAS, Fiscal and environmental benefits of a four-day
15 workweek for employees of the Commonwealth may be a fair and
16 reasonable solution for reducing the energy consumption of the
17 Commonwealth while providing substantial energy savings to the
1 taxpayer; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the
3 Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study to
4 determine the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a
5 four-day workweek for employees of the Commonwealth; and be it
6 further
7 RESOLVED, That the study include the fiscal impact of
8 establishing a four-day workweek for employees of the
9 Commonwealth; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That the committee report its findings to the House
11 of Representatives no later than six months after the adoption
12 of this resolution.
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