The best reasons to implement a four-day week were apparent before the pandemic and have only grown more urgent over the past few months
Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto With the coronavirus pandemic shutting down much of the world, the future of work is more uncertain than ever. As businesses start to reopen, the question of how people can return to work safely looms large — and for many, it’s likely that workplaces will look quite different for a while.
In New Zealand, one of the few countries that can seriously consider reopening because it has reduced the infection rate so effectively, the country’s prime minister, Jacinda Arden, suggested in a Facebook Live video this week that employers could consider implementing four-day workweeks and other flexible work arrangements to ease people back into a healthy work-life balance and boost tourism. She also suggested more public holidays.
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