What do you expect by "without constantly pointing this out"? There is no need, if you don't understand that part, then you research it. Here is my take on that issue:
For "manual"-like blue collar work, where the value is directly proportional to the hours put in, reducing work hours is just and simply like it always has been done repeatedly in history: everybody works a bit less. There is no shortage of workers in capitalism, since be design there is always a 5-25% (!) of unemployment. So the company pays more.
Some companies will inevitably cry that they can't sustain their business and will close. Let them close, just like any other company that only sustains itself by exploiting workers.
I repeat, this has been done historically many many times, for less time and more salary. Since the industrial revolution pushing workers to death, without legal bounds for max work hours or minimum salaries.
For "creative"-like white collar work, e.g. software development, the value output should be roughly the same with less hours worked. It could be a little less, but others say that the value is actually higher, since resting more prevents burnout. Whatever, but some companies (workers) have been able to test it out right now. Nobody is saying that it can be applied with the same strategy to blue-collar work, but it does set a precedent and gets the ball rolling there too.
For "manual"-like blue collar work, where the value is directly proportional to the hours put in, reducing work hours is just and simply like it always has been done repeatedly in history: everybody works a bit less. There is no shortage of workers in capitalism, since be design there is always a 5-25% (!) of unemployment. So the company pays more.
Some companies will inevitably cry that they can't sustain their business and will close. Let them close, just like any other company that only sustains itself by exploiting workers.
I repeat, this has been done historically many many times, for less time and more salary. Since the industrial revolution pushing workers to death, without legal bounds for max work hours or minimum salaries.
For "creative"-like white collar work, e.g. software development, the value output should be roughly the same with less hours worked. It could be a little less, but others say that the value is actually higher, since resting more prevents burnout. Whatever, but some companies (workers) have been able to test it out right now. Nobody is saying that it can be applied with the same strategy to blue-collar work, but it does set a precedent and gets the ball rolling there too.