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The Australian companies making the four-day work week a reality

The Australian companies making the four-day work week a reality

Update: 2022-12-01
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A trial involving 30 Australasian companies has just hit the halfway mark, and increasingly, it’s employers who are keen to capitalise on what the four-day work week could do for their bottom lines. 


But why now? What do we stand to gain? And what in all practicality would a four-day work week look like?


Today on Please Explain, The Age's social affairs editor Jewel Topsfield joins host Kate Aubusson to discuss the question: is the death of the five-day work week a radical pipe dream or simply inevitable?

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The Australian companies making the four-day work week a reality

The Australian companies making the four-day work week a reality

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