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In 1964, The Beatles sang "Eight Days a Week", a title supposedly derived from a chauffer's complaint about how hard he had to work. There is now growing momentum to cut this particular working week ...
Having reaped the mental health benefits of running after long days working on his Wexford dairy farm, experienced marathon man Kenneth Rothwell hopes to inspire others to run and support mental ...
As fans descend on the north coast ahead of The Open Championship teeing off, a weather warning has been issued. The Met ...
The Four Day Week Ireland campaign is advocating a new model of work, which is focused on outputs and productivity, rather than hours spent at the desk. By Gill Stedman.
A four-day working week could become the norm in Ireland, benefitting employees and employers, if business leaders "show courage", according to an advocate of the system.
Starbucks will require corporate staff to be in the office at least four days a week and is offering cash to employees who decide to quit instead, as executives bank on in-person work to improve the ...
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, programme director at 4 Day Week Global, thinks there’s already an abundance of firms toying with shorter work schedules. In his view, not enough is being done to figure ...
The idea of a four-day workweek used to be such a pipedream that it was barely on the radar for most workers and firms. But in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies around the world ...
Four-day working week under Labour: How it could work and who is supporting it. The first official pilot of a four-day working week, involving 17 businesses, starts on Monday and is led by the 4 ...
The four-day workweek isn't a shiny new toy—it's a proven model. I believe it's here to stay, despite certain CEOs pulling out all the stops to drag employees back to the office and even being ...
Starbucks has told its corporate staff they must work in the office for four days a week or take a payment and quit. Workers ...