Fact Check: We Looked at Claims That Project 2025 Wants To Turn 40-Hour Workweek Into 160-Hour Work Month

Claim

Project 2025 plans to turn the 40-hour workweek into a 160-hour work month so employers can avoid paying overtime by cutting an employee’s hours later in the month if they worked extra hours near the start of the month.

Rating

MOSTLY TRUE

What’s True

Project 2025 did indeed call for Congress to allow employers and employees to adopt its proposed model for an increased overtime period, which would indeed make it possible for employers to pay less overtime to employees …

What’s False

… but it did not explicitly state that every company should comply with this model. Further, it also suggested another model of 80 working hours across two weeks, not just 160 hours across four weeks.

Bugs Marlowe

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