In contrast to what its promoters claim, the four-day week does not guarantee more motivated workers.
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Working better or working less? Yaëlle Amsallem and Emmanuelle Léon explain how the four-day week raises questions about the meaning we give to work.
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The COVID pandemic has exacerbated staff shortages in health care. We need to think about how we can better retain staff in this sector.
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New research from Swinburne University suggests the four-day work week really can be win-win for workers and bosses.
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Shorter working weeks bring economic benefits but also boost employee wellbeing.
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The 1960s cartoon The Jetsons got three things about the future very wrong: the place of women in the workforce, how much we will work, and where we work.
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Impressive as results from four-day work-week trials may appear, it’s still not clear if they would apply across the economy.
Reconstructing the working week.
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A four-day week boosts productivity and employee wellbeing, but it should be carefully planned and tailored to individual company needs.
Shorter working weeks can make people happier and more productive.
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Companies trialling four-day working weeks are considering making it permanent.
Will it stand up?
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Many trials are taking place, but they need a reality check.
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For most Australians working a standard full-time job, moving to a 4-day work week could occur in two stages.
Is this you?
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Scotland, Ireland and Spain are among those trialling four-day weeks, but they’re not living in the real world.
Time for the three-day weekend.
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Iceland has trialled shorter working hours, but not a four-day week.
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Our approach to work has had to adjust, so let’s change even more.
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How can businesses overcome institutional hurdles to transition to a four-day week?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a window is opening for good ideas to move from the fringes to the mainstream — and that includes a four-day work week.
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The four-day work week is an idea that should make it through the pandemic’s open policy window.
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Trials show a four-day week really works. With economies desperate for recovery, now could be the perfect time to encourage it.
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Lockdown throws our relationship with work into the spotlight.
The pressure to fit family and personal commitments into the few hours between getting home and bedtime is arguably the main source of stress today.
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All this talk of moving to a four-day week overlooks what might be a more important agenda.
The leisure industry led one of many campaigns to free people from working on Saturday afternoons.
Government legislation followed numerous campaigns in the 19th century for Saturday afternoons off.