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Bookmark or Share- These are the surprising benefits of a four-day working week | World ...These are some of the surprising benefits of a four-day working week, research shows. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos in January 2023, Sander van 't Noordende, CEO of HR consulting firm Randstad, said the four-day working week was “a business imperative”.
- New Zealand firm adopts its four day work week permanentlyThe four day work week trial has attracted a huge amount of interest around the world, with an audience of 3.2 billion people in 32 countries engaging with the idea via 10,000 social media posts and 3,000 news articles, according to the firm’s founder Andrew Barnes.
- UK four day work week: The results so far - The World Economic ForumWorkers at more than 60 UK companies trialed a four day work week between June and December 2022. More than 90% of participating businesses have opted to continue with the four day week, with 18 adopting it permanently. Similar experiments have taken place elsewhere in the world with positive results.
- What the four-day workweek means for the future of employmentWorking four days a week boosts productivity and is beneficial to individuals, the environment, and the economy. A four-day workweek is a potential solution for new working models and could improve equality issues in the workplace.
- New study shows 4-day working week to be a success - The World Economic ...The results of a study into a four-day working week are in and suggest positive impacts from a change to standard working hours. 97% of employees who took part in the trial said they wanted to continue with a four-day week. The likes of Microsoft in Japan and Unilever in New Zealand have already seen benefits of the switch.
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