Happier staff and more profitable companies — can the four-day week fix burnout and labour shortages?

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A UK trial of the four-day week found it made companies more money and staff happier and healthier, while businesses in an Australian trial are already making it permanent.

"But the market and shortages of labour are not driving fast enough the kinds of changes that working carers – and our kids and the older people that we need to look after – need."

"When workers and employers thought about stopping work on a Saturday in the 1940s, everyone thought the sky would fall. How could this possibly work? How could it possibly be a good thing?" she said. "We asked everyone individually: what could you do to be more efficient? And can you share it with the team?"

 

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A 4 day week has positive feedback overseas The people there are so much happier they have more time with their families, friends & pets

Work to live, don't live to work. Think this was trialed in France a quarter of a century ago, and had to be abandon. Can't remember why, but if you can make it work great. .

you just know...

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