One less day of hustle?

Shams Rashid Tonmoy
Shams Rashid Tonmoy
16 June 2022, 19:39 PM
UPDATED 17 June 2022, 01:45 AM
Around 300 employees and 60 companies in the UK have recently begun a six-month trial of four-day working weeks. While the work hours will be cut, expected work efficiency and salaries will remain unchanged - which means the workers will still have to put in the work to make up for the missing day. 

Around 300 employees and 60 companies in the UK have recently begun a six-month trial of four-day working weeks. While the work hours will be cut, expected work efficiency and salaries will remain unchanged - which means the workers will still have to put in the work to make up for the missing day. 

How would such a system work in Bangladesh? That is what we look into in this week's Cover Story. Perhaps we can expect positive changes if there were, indeed, four-day work weeks in this country.

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