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English - July 19, 2022 19:28 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MB - ★★★★ - 703 ratingsArts comedy news books science entrepreneurship interview health culture politics business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A new pilot program in the United Kingdom is asking 3,300 workers across a number of industries to work four-day work weeks instead of five. The workers will be paid the same amount and are expected to be as productive as they would be working five days a week. Boston College professor and lead researcher of the four-day work week pilot Juliet Schorfor joins us.