The day is dawning on a four-day work week:
A true four-day workweek entails full-timers clocking about 30 hours instead of 40. There are many reasons why this is appealing today: families are struggling to cover child care in the absence of daycares and schools; workplaces are trying to reduce the number of employees congregating in offices each day; and millions of people have lost their jobs.
A shorter work week could allow parents to cobble together child care, allow workplaces to stagger attendance and, theoretically, allow the available work to be divided among more people who need employment.
The most progressive shorter work week entails no salary reductions. This sounds crazy, but it rests on peer-reviewed research into shorter work weeks, which finds workers can be as productive in 30 hours as they are in 40, because they waste less time and are better-rested.
30 hours is for pikers. The !Kung work about 20.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by jelizondo on Friday June 05 2020, @09:43PM
It has been touted by the New Zeland Prime Minister [theguardian.com] and at least one New Zeland firm [theguardian.com] actually implemented it, a year ago!
Of course, 4-day work week would be communism in the good ol' US of A, so you'll have to wait more!