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Four-day working week: 'Public sector shouldn't be left out of the conversation'

There are suggestions that once Irish employees see a four-day week as their right, a three-day week will be their next demand. Anton Savage was joined by Cormac Lucey, Economics Commentator with the Sunday Times Ireland and Dr Orla Kelly Assistant professor of Social Policy at UCD and proponent of the 4 day week.

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18.40 7 Mar 2023


Four-day working week: 'Public sector shouldn't be left out of the conversation'


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18.40 7 Mar 2023


There are suggestions that once Irish employees see a four-day week as their right, a three-day week will be their next demand.

Anton Savage was joined by Cormac Lucey, Economics Commentator with the Sunday Times Ireland and Dr Orla Kelly Assistant professor of Social Policy at UCD and proponent of the 4 day week.


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