With a great expectation for changes in the working environment in 2020, you would agree with me that a four days-work week or a 6-hour workday would be the most thrilling news any country would declare.
It’s 2020 and we are welcoming another decade. With a great expectation for changes in the working environment, you would agree with me that a four days-work week or a 6-hour workday would be the most thrilling news any country would declare.
Finland’s new Prime Minister Sanna Marin is proposing a four day work week or a six-hour workday after her installation. The Nordic country is not of surprise in implementing better work-life balance for her citizens following a prior passage of a law in 1996 that employees could adjust their hours up to three hours earlier or later than what the employer required.
Perpetual Guardian and ICE Group in New Zealand and Ireland respectively are some of the few companies in the world who put this on experiment and worked. Microsoft Japan implemented a four-day working week and recorded a 40% productivity increase from its employees a prove that this policy works.
Different factors can contribute to a better work-life balance and increased work productivity. Here is the question, what are your thoughts on this policy? Do you feel if certain policies were implemented in the country and at work, we would have better productivity?
Please share your opinions and suggestions that can work best for a better work-life balance and work productivity if implemented.
