🇦🇺 Australia 19h ago · Gene Marks

Bosses don’t like the sound of a ‘four-day workweek’. Maybe it’s time to rebrand it

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Bosses don’t like the sound of a ‘four-day workweek’. Maybe it’s time to rebrand it
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Some employers are reluctant to cut workers’ hours but pay them the same – but it just might be the future of workWe keep hearing that the four-day workweek is the future. So why are so few businesses actually adopting it?Belgium, Iceland and Lithuania have passed legislation requiring the practice, and other countries in Europe are piloting the idea. Hundreds of companies in the UK have signed up for to give this a try. Microsoft tested the concept in Japan. Non-profits such as the 4 Day Week F

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