work week trials
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What Happens Now the 4-Day Work Week Trials Have Been a ‘Resounding Success’?
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 workers…