Opinion

A four-day work week makes economic sense as well as being a nice thing to do

By Denis Moriarty
March 22 2022 - 5:25am
Does a five-day work week really result in our workforce being its most productive? Picture: Shutterstock
Does a five-day work week really result in our workforce being its most productive? Picture: Shutterstock

In my day job I'm the chief executive of Our Community, an organisation that supports Australian not-for-profits. We've started exploring ways to move to a four-day week. It'll give the workers here more time for family life, or fishing, or learning to play the bassoon, or TikTok, or wasting, as they choose.

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