EDITORIAL: Four-day workweek impracticalTwo petitions recently posted on the Public Policy Online Participation Network Platform calling for a four-day workweek and reduced working hours have passed the signature threshold, requiring the government to respond. This paved the way for the introduction of 84 work hours per fortnight, and finally a five-day workweek policy in 2001. With the implementation of the five-day workweek, the government canceled seven national holidays, such as Teacher’s Day. A four-day workweek policy could cause other issues. As with the implementation of the five-day workweek, a four-day workweek would be at the expense of national holidays.
