Perpetual Guardian founder Andrew Barnes says the four-day week has been too slow to catch on here. Photo / SuppliedPerpetual Guardian founder Andrew Barnes says the four-day week has been too slow to catch on here. "The Japanese are passing four-day week [legislation], the Indians are passing it, the Russians are passing it and every way you look now the four-day week is now a mainstream issue for discussion and for experimentation." Four-day week trialThe global consumer goods company Unilever is halfway through its New Zealand trial of a four-day week. Professor Bronwen Dalton heads its department of management and said before moving to a four-day week, some staff struggled with work-life balance.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 09, 2021 06:00 UTC