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"Though economic stagnation and recession in the '70s and '80s likely undercut any momentum as did a corporate focus on efficiency, globalization and the diminishing power of labor," the Times said. start learning
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In January, a pilot program from 4 Day Week Global, a New Zealand–based not-for-profit advocacy organization, was announced and will be launched for a six-month period starting in June. start learning
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active support of an idea or cause
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According to The New York Times, Unilever's New Zealand unit has also experimented with the abbreviated week start learning
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"Though economic stagnation and recession in the '70s and '80s likely undercut any momentum as did a corporate focus on efficiency, globalization and the diminishing power of labor," the Times said. start learning
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becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so
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"In many contemporary economies, there's a growing sense that people are overworked," Jack Kellam, a researcher at Autonomy, a U.K.-based think tank focused on labor's future, told CNBC in an interview. start learning
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The same study found that people who do work just four days reported benefits such as "significantly higher levels of well-being and less likely to feel chronically burned out" — though did report higher levels of "active disengagement." start learning
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a contented state of happiness, health, and prosperity
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However, just because the option will exist for employees does not mean employers will have to approve it, Bloomberg said. start learning
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a worker who is hired to perform a job
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In January, a pilot program from 4 Day Week Global, a New Zealand–based not-for-profit advocacy organization, was announced and will be launched for a six-month period starting in June. start learning
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done on a small scale in order to see if something is successful enough to do on a large scale
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"Though economic stagnation and recession in the '70s and '80s likely undercut any momentum as did a corporate focus on efficiency, globalization and the diminishing power of labor," the Times said. start learning
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the ability to keep increasing or developing
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Bloomberg reported that the move was made as part of an agreement "that aims to make Belgium's notoriously rigid labor market more flexible." start learning
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known widely and usually unfavorably
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