FOUR DAY WORK WEEK // ⚒️The new model – 100% pay, 80% hours, 100% productivity. ⌚ The old model, five days of eight hours crammed into four days of 10 hours. 🕰️Research from ADP® Research Institute’s People at Work 2023: A Global Workforce View, found that three in ten Australian workers (30%) think that a four-day week will be the norm in their industry within the next five years. 📅
Tony Moclair and I discussed this topic on Nine‘s 3AW 693AM Radio Melbourne today. 📻
✅ already implemented in Dominican Republic, Germany, France and Brazil
✅ impact on traditional and blue collar jobs
✅ reduction in stress, fatigue and burnout
✅ better mental health and work-life balance
✅ more challenging for self employed and small business
✅ large organisations have more systems and processes to work with example of No Meeting Mondays
✅ under the Fair Work Act, employees with 12 months or more service can request flexibility
✅ people working on site may gain benefits that people working from home have had
✅ still in transition and a bumpy road ahead
Enjoy the show online at
https://sueellson.com/blog/four-day-work-week-on-3aw-693-am-radio-melbourne-with-tony-moclair
This link also includes the full interview transcript, references, links and other information you may find helpful.
Thanks to Producer Joseph Campbell for reaching out!
➡️ Has your workplace considered the four day work week option?
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