Unilever trials four-day working week with NZ staff
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Global consumer giant Unilever is using its New Zealand workers as a test run for a four-day working week.
From Monday, its New Zealand-based employees will start a trial working a shorter week, and if successful it will be rolled out to 155,000 of its workers around the world.
It follows what Vodafone calls a successful trial last summer allowing its workers more time in the sun, and a four-day work week already in place in a handful of companies in New Zealand.
RNZ Tasman reporter Tracy Neal with what Unilever's moves might mean for more workers.