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The History of the Shorter Working Week

Employees and companies have reported overwhelmingly positive results after the trial of a 4 day working week across 12 Irish companies. It wasn't that long ago that similar trials were being done to reduce the working week from 6 to 5 days. Can the...

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15.40 30 Nov 2022


The History of the Shorter Working Week


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15.40 30 Nov 2022


Employees and companies have reported overwhelmingly positive results after the trial of a 4 day working week across 12 Irish companies. It wasn't that long ago that similar trials were being done to reduce the working week from 6 to 5 days. Can the historical context of this idea help us to understand the current debate.

Sean was joined by Graham Finlay, School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin to discuss...


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