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4-day work week trials have been labelled a ‘resounding success’. But 4 big questions need answers

  • Written by: Anthony Veal, Adjunct Professor, Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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A little more than a century ago, most people in industrialised countries worked 60 hours a week – six ten-hour days. A 40-hour work week of five eight-hour days became the norm, along with increased paid holidays, in the 1950s.

These changes were made possible by massive increases in productivity and hard-fought struggles by...

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