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"More Australian companies are turning to a four day work week with no pay cut
as burnout rises among staff, as well as the fallout from brutal competition to
attract employees, with the unemployment rate hitting its lowest level in 48
years.
From finance to health, company’s from a range of industries have signed up to
trial a shorter work week from August as part of an initiative from
not-for-profit advocacy group 4 Day Week Global.
Canberra-based lending firm More Than Mortgages, Melbourne not-for-profit group
Our Community which has 75 staff, and marketing agency The Walk plus
Queensland’s Momentum Mental Health are some of the organisations taking part
in the scheme.
Two years on from the shift to working from home, Australians are estimated to
have worked an additional six hours per week, according to research from the
Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work, leading to burnout and
exhaustion.
More Than Mortgages will initially move to a nine day work week between July
and November, before introducing a permanent long weekend for staff in
December, although it will remain operating five days as staff split their day
off between Monday and Friday."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
