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A new six-month trial to be carried out by 20 Irish businesses aims to find out if productivity will be affected by workers spending fewer days in the office.

Collective attitudes towards work are changing fast, and improved productivity, efficiency and greater flexibility are undoubtedly the future

Nearly a century after it was standardised in 1926, the five-day working week may soon be history. This month, in a trial organised by Four Day Week Ireland, a campaign group, 20 Irish businesses will start working one day less a week for six months. The idea of a reduced working week has been gathering momentum globally since the pandemic forced most of the professional world into remote working and prompted employers and bosses to question...

 

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