CMV: the 32-hour proposed bill won't help the lower working class who are struggling the most

Sorry if I come off as maybe ignorant or have some wrong facts. I don't have a perfect understanding on politics so this is just my take.

The lower working class probably won’t benefit much. The middle class or upper class? It will probably benefit them, but those at the lower working class will not benefit. My argument is that the lower working class people need to work several part time jobs in order to be able to afford their bills/expenses or even just to survive. This bill only affects full-time jobs. A single full-time job could pay less than 3 part time jobs or even 2, which is what some people are doing in order to survive. But toning it down, let’s assume the lower working class individual works 2 part time jobs simultaneously. They are still working more than 32 hours.

Furthermore, while the bill does produce more open job positions, it doesn’t change the fact that they don’t pay enough and that the federal minimum wage is impossible to survive off of. You can work a full-time job and still not make enough money to live, so a part time job wouldn’t be any better. The compensation of work hours doesn’t make up for the payment to expenses ratio deficit, it only reduces stress. As previously stated, lower class workers will not work only 32 hours a week, but possibly more. Additionally, employees might be willing to work more overtime, which would mean corporations have to pay more just for the employee working 40 hours. Therefore, this will actually cause businesses to create more job openings with lower pay. While the businesses can’t lower the pay of current employees, nothing is stopping them from lowering the pay for future job positions. This will only make it harder for people to afford to live.

I say that a good way to support the bill would be to create a separate one raising the federal minimum wage/mandating certain states to increase their minimum wage according to the median expenses to payment ratio in each county of that state. The bill also negatively impacts smaller businesses that find difficulty in finding and paying employees, so the bill should target businesses/corporations who make a minimum amount of revenue or have a minimum of employees. That way it exempts struggling businesses. Additionally, the bill should try to create more mandatory benefits for mental health or stress management, so that corporations are further limited from taking advantage of their employees, especially when the employees' work hours are lowered.

In conclusion, I believe that while the bill will significantly reduce the amount of stress on the middle/upper middle class, it doesn’t do much for the lower working class who financially struggle and cannot manage their stress because they’re always working. I think the bill is a great idea, but it should target the financial aspect of working rather than the stress, because more pay for the same job would mean less external stress factors such as debts, bills, personal expenses, etc.