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The Australian companies making the four-day work week a reality
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English - December 01, 2022 01:37 - 12 minutes - 11 MB - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsBusiness News News Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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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