If the 32 hour work week provides efficiency benefits then the market will trend to 32 hour work weeks and it’s not going to impact the price to consumers. I can see heavy handed government action negatively impacting consumer prices and can see many be forced to work “Overtime” to make up the difference. Market pressures are incremental and competition forces companies to keep competitive margins. But if the whole market is just expected to eat additional labor costs by the government, I would expect the whole market would raise prices to keep the same margins rather than arbitrarily deciding to lower them.

We already see the market improving conditions without government action happening with remote work. There are some fortune 500 companies with enough corporate bureaucracy and money to burn that are resisting it. But the smaller start ups and SMBs that are thriving don’t care where you are and how long you spend doing it as long as the work gets done.