From cutting carbon emissions to improved quality of life to saving employers money on energy bills, the four day work week sure is tempting. But could you handle cramming your work week into four days? To find out about the challenges and benefits to this growing trend--Utah's state employees are the latest to get on the three-day weekend schedule--Walletpop talked to Professor Michael Fischl at the University of Connecticut School of Law and organizer of an upcoming symposium on the topic, Redefining Work: Exploring the Four-Day Work Week. To hear what he had to say, watch Walletpop's Big News Podcast:
T.G.I.T.: Would a four day work week work for you?
Posted 3:00PM 09/22/09
Who wouldn't want a three day weekend, weekend after weekend?
From cutting carbon emissions to improved quality of life to saving employers money on energy bills, the four day work week sure is tempting. But could you handle cramming your work week into four days? To find out about the challenges and benefits to this growing trend--Utah's state employees are the latest to get on the three-day weekend schedule--Walletpop talked to Professor Michael Fischl at the University of Connecticut School of Law and organizer of an upcoming symposium on the topic, Redefining Work: Exploring the Four-Day Work Week. To hear what he had to say, watch Walletpop's Big News Podcast:
From cutting carbon emissions to improved quality of life to saving employers money on energy bills, the four day work week sure is tempting. But could you handle cramming your work week into four days? To find out about the challenges and benefits to this growing trend--Utah's state employees are the latest to get on the three-day weekend schedule--Walletpop talked to Professor Michael Fischl at the University of Connecticut School of Law and organizer of an upcoming symposium on the topic, Redefining Work: Exploring the Four-Day Work Week. To hear what he had to say, watch Walletpop's Big News Podcast:
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