Malacañang on Thursday said it would study a proposal that will allow private sector and non-frontline government agencies to implement a four-day workweek during the holiday season. “I appeal to Malacañang to study the implementation of a four-day workweek for non-frontline offices of national government agencies,” Abante said. “Microsoft recently experimented with a four-day workweek in one of its subsidiaries in Japan, and they discovered that this led to a 40-percent boost in productivity,” he said. House Bills 1670 and 1904 propose to shorten workdays as long as employees meet the prescribed hours within the week. The House committee has tasked a technical working group to study the bills and come up with a proposal acceptable to employer and labor groups.

Source: Manila Times November 14, 2019 16:10 UTC