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Reduce working hours to 6 hours to improve productivity, turnover and happiness.

Submitted on Sunday 4th October 2015

Published on Friday 9th October 2015

Current status: Closed

Closed: Saturday 9th April 2016

Signatures: 59

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Reduce working hours to 6 hours to improve productivity, turnover and happiness.

Petition Details

Reduce working hours to 6 hours per day to replicate Sweeden, and as shown to improve productivity, staff turn over and general wellbeing of staff at Toyota.

This is achieved by minimising meeting durations & removing all distractions from the working environment.

Additional Information

http://www.sciencealert.com/sweden-is-shifting-to-a-6-hour-workday

Extract:-

Despite research telling us it’s a really bad idea, many of us end up working 50-hour weeks or more because we think we’ll get more done and reap the benefits later. And according to a study published last month involving 600,000 people, those of us who clock up a 55-hour week will have a 33 percent greater risk of having astroke...

..Sweden is moving towards a standard 6-hour work day..


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