Firm in New Zealand Tests 4-Day Workweek With Surprising Results How would you like to work four days
a week, but get paid for working five? Perpetual Guardian,
a firm in New Zealand,
thinks that's a great idea. In fact, they just ran an experiment
in March and April of this year
and had researchers study
the effects on their staff. According to Jarrod Haar, a human resources professor at Auckland University of Technology, employees experienced a
24 percent improvement in
work-life balance and came back
to work much more energized. Jarrod Haar, via 'New York Times' Andrew Barnes, the company's founder, came up with the idea after reading a report suggesting people spent less than three hours of their work day being productive. He believes to be the first
business in the world
to offer 40 hours of pay
for 32 hours of work. Perpetual Guardian is considering making the change permanent. Iain Lees-Galloway, workplace relations minister, via 'New York Times'
