Saturday, October 24, 2015

 

four day work week

In the tiny African nation of The Gambia, public sector workers will now clock in at 8am and clock out at 6pm, Monday to Thursday. They'll still do a 40-hour week but have the luxury of Friday off.President Jammeh wants the extra rest day to "allow Gambians to devote more time to prayers, social activities and agriculture".
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21242782

Scania,famous bus manufacture, four day work week
http://www.scania.com/media/feature-stories/general/four-day-week.aspx

Reduce working week to 30 hours, say economists
A shorter working week would make us healthier, give us more fulfilling and sustainable lives and be better for the environment, economists have suggested
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/10316850/Reduce-working-week-to-30-hours-say-economists.html
Companies should be encouraged to give workers more time off instead of pay rises, while young people starting out in the job market could work a four-day week, as has happened in the Netherlands, it notes.

The standard working week in the Netherlands should be cut from five days to four days of nine hours, according to the Labour party (PvdA) MP Martijn van Dam says in Saturday’s AD that a four-day week would free up people to do ‘other important things’. In particular, many young mothers suffer from burn-out, Van Dam said

Read more at DutchNews.nl: Labour calls for four-day working week to become the norm http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/10/labour-calls-for-four-day-working-week-to-become-the-norm/

o make sure everyone can work four days a week, the standard number of hours in many pay deals should be cut from 40 to 36. Then people can work four nine-hour days, he told the paper.

Read more at DutchNews.nl: Labour calls for four-day working week to become the norm http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/10/labour-calls-for-four-day-working-week-to-become-the-norm/

The Netherlands has had four-day workweeks for years, and some North American companies are toying with the concept
http://www.fastcompany.com/3035279/the-future-of-work/why-we-still-dont-have-a-four-day-workweek

Treehouse, who has implemented a year-round four-day workweek, noting higher employee morale, greater focus, and a greater ability to attract and retain top talent among the benefits.

Shorter weeks are also common in Europe. In the Netherlands, four-day work weeks are practically the rule, not the exception.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/09/news/economy/shorter-work-week/

The four-day workweek is nearly standard in the Netherlands, especially among working moms.

About 86% of employed mothers worked 34 hours or less each week last year, according to Dutch government statistics. Among fathers, about 12% also worked a shortened workweek.

Dutch laws promote a work-life balance and protect part-time workers. All workers there are entitled to fully paid vacation days, maternity and paternity leave. A law passed in 2000 also gives workers the right to reduce their hours to a part-time schedule, while keeping their job, hourly pay, health care and pro-rated benefits.

Overall, the entire workforce averages around 29 hours a week -- the lowest of any industrialized nation, according to the OECD.
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/news/economy/2013/07/10/worlds-shortest-work-weeks/


nice animated photo with story of reduced work week
http://www.bustle.com/articles/85692-why-3-day-weekends-make-workers-more-productive-and-should-be-the-new-norm-no-but-really

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