Are Shorter Work Hours Good for Remote Team Productivity?
Are remote workers more efficient with shorter work hours, or is 40 hours a week a standard to comply with? Let’s take a closer look!
Are remote workers more efficient with shorter work hours, or is 40 hours a week a standard to comply with? Let’s take a closer look!
The pandemic inspired politicians and country leaders across the world to speak in favor of a reduced work week. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has brought it up, as has Sanna Marin, the Prime Minister of Finland. Germany’s largest trade union, a metalworkers’ union, is pushing the idea hard, with support from the country’s Federal Ministry of Labor and …
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It wasn’t supposed to be like this, according to John Maynard Keynes. In 1930, the economist predicted that his grandchildren would be working 15-hour work weeks. Technology would have advanced to the point two generations after his own that workers’ average time on the job would be a fraction of what it once was. We would all be …
American Workers Have Lost Control of Their Time. It’s Time To Take It Back. Read More »
15-hour work • week noun 1. Exactly what it sounds like—less work for the same money I work nearly three times that much now. Is this normal? Sadly, yes. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development shows that American workers put in an average of 1,786 hours annually, 200 more hours than their British and French peers. …
How a 15-Hour Workweek Could Change Our Lives for the Better Read More »