New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has flagged the idea of a four-day work week as one way to help the country's tourism industry rebuild after the coronavirus., Ms Ardern said a number of ideas were being"bounced around" within the government to encourage New Zealanders to travel domestically while international border restrictions remain in place.READ MORE"I hear lots of people suggesting we should have a four-day week.
Ms Ardern made the casual remarks from the back of a moving van as she drove to catch a flight in Rotorua, one of New Zealand's tourist hot spots. She said 60 per cent of the country's tourism industry is supported by domestic travel.the possibility of a"trans-Tasman bubble" The New Zealand government further lifted their strict COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday last week, allowing domestic travel to resume.
She is such a progressive leader - So wish there were more like her in our region 😣
4 day work week, ppl can go for a long weekends, thus support tourism at same time, it's a win win.
peggymel2001 I’d add an extra hour to the start and end of each day to score a day off a week in a heartbeat! If industries can manage it...why not? Guess what people will be doing over their 3 day weekends....spending! Love this woman! jacindaardern
Milon73782188 Now that’s a leader Australia needs
What’s the good of a four day work week when you go away for the extra day and find all the shops shut. The woman’s a loon.
And chocolate. Everyone gets free chocolate. And a puppy + a bunch of nice flowers. And money will shower down from the sky. Other people’s money, that will pay for all of this...
She should come to Australia and replace Morrison.
Well.. NZ, here I come 😎
Is she going to subsidise the travel industry for the extra cost of this maniacal idea. You can’t stop the labor coming out of Ardern!
Great idea! Work and then have a long week-end in staggered shifts, Make a bit, spend the lot. Might as well.
Where's Scotty Morrison.... he wouldn't do stuff like that as he is a Trump supporter of rich live poor die
That's a pretty good joke considering most families work 2 jobs 7days a week just to keep food on the table and the house warm in winter!
AmandaPerram I love this woman!!!
I will go to you... so progressive!
Look at a chart of worker productivity. Constantly growing, share prices ride high while wages stagnate for decades at a time. This is totally doable. NZ is a great candidate to make it happen.
So the Julia Gillard of New Zealand politics wants to cut a day’s wages from workers in the hope they will spend money around New Zealand? Only a moron would think like that not real working people.
those horse teeth always scare me but what comes out of her mouth is even scarier...
Makes it 2.5 n every1 will have a job.
That is a great idea
Love her!!
And get paid for 5 ?
Kanimbla2 Love it :)
The PM has very little experience in business and commerce. It’s to be hoped she seeks and takes in advice on the ramifications +/- of this idea.
Commie at heart. When she is done with NZ not much will be left
Covid-19 has turned into a dream for the Socialists who yearn for the public to suckle from their teats.
GayeCrispin So does that mean in real terms people will be working 3 days
Wise to promote staycation, as NZ will never have a boom of international tourists in the future.
How I long for a grownup leader.
That Feminazi is either being threatened repeatedly to make such idiotic Political decisions, or shes fair dinkum mentally retarded, and im sorry if its the latter...But that would make more sense now.