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Four-Day Workweek Gaining US Popularity?
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The Green Autoblog reports that the US workforce may be switching to a four-work-day week in response to higher gas prices and pressure to be smarter about requiring commutes. They point to this reuters article explaining how the four-day week is becoming a benefit in otherwise cash-strapped areas of the economy:
In America’s struggling automaking heartland, the shorter workweek offers employers a way of rewarding employees when the budget does not allow a salary increase, said Oakland County, Michigan, executive L. Brooks Patterson.
“By allowing employees to work four 10-hour days it will save them 20 percent on their commute costs and ease the financial pinch of filling up their cars,” said Patterson, who last week proposed the compressed week for county workers.
Some ways to introduce four-day work-weeks:
- Offer your employees one day a week to work from home.
- Allow your workers to put in four 10 hour shifts rather than five eight-hour ones.
- Simply close your office one day a week, and ask your employees to accomplish their work in the alloted time. This rewards them for efficiency.
Who would have thought that something as simple as allowing your employees to self-adjust their commute just might be the best benefit you don’t have to pay for.
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June 1, 2008 at 4:55 am
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