Is the 4-day workweek a fantasy?

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Should you bet on a four-day work week? Felix, Mihir, and Sarah discuss the sports betting industry and the future of the work week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Doing more by working less sounds like an oxymoron, but a slew of recent studies show that switching to a four-day workweek is linked with greater health, happiness and productivity for workers. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Mon ... Show More

Would you like to work fewer days, but get paid the same? The biggest global trial of the four day week has just come to an end in the UK.We hear from some of the companies who took part, including employees making the most of their extra day off, and employers looking closely at ... Show More

Your 60-second money minute. Is a 4 Day Work Week Coming 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://learnfinance101.com/2022/08/07/weekly-market-update-01-07-august-2022/ 

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With the UAE's move to a Monday-Friday working week and a reduction of hours for public sector employees to four-and-a-half days, the country is leading the charge of a milestone shift in the way we work in the 21st century. Less than a month into the new model, the private secto ... Show More

The 4-day workweek wins again - but this time with 6 months of data from the UK trial! Read more about it here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-21/four-day-work-week-uk-study-finds-majority-of-employers-shifting   This is the article I referenced about retail: htt ... Show More