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Editor's note
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Who wouldn’t want to work four days for five days’ pay? It seems a risky project for a business to undertake, but a New Zealand company’s trial of a four-day working week has paid off for both employees and their bosses. Staff were offered a day off each week, at their usual five-day pay, if they could do the same work in four days.
As Jarrod Haar writes, the trial confirms a link between employees’ sense of being valued and supported and their commitment to the job. The results show that the main benefit for employees was a much better work-life balance, which in turn boosted their performance at work.
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Veronika Meduna
New Zealand Editor
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Top story
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A four-day week trial showed that if workers have more control over their job, they feel and perform better.
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Jarrod Haar, Auckland University of Technology
A trial of a four-day working week shows that employees felt better about their job, were more engaged, and reported greater work-life balance and less stress.
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Business + Economy
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Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University
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Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney; Peter Fleming, University of Technology Sydney
The evidence suggests the impact of CEOs on company performance isn't enough to justify their sky-high pay, which is really based more on a culture of power and privilege.
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Health + Medicine
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Anthony Jorm, University of Melbourne; Betty Kitchener, Deakin University
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Cassandra Cross, Queensland University of Technology
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Politics + Society
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Annie Blatchford, University of Melbourne
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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John Braithwaite, Australian National University
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Luke Keogh, Deakin University
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Sandra D'urso, University of Melbourne
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Cities
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