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Work Less, Relax More

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC UPENDED office traditions around the world, making working from home the new normal and Zoom meetings the favored way to catch up with colleagues and clients. But millennials, often bashed by their elders as being work-shy, are keen for more reforms to the work-life balance, with polling showing the generation is considerably in favor of adopting a four-day working week.

This concept is simple: employees work a day less than the standard five, which works out as 32 work hours instead of 40. Workers still have to complete the same amount of work in 80 percent of the time, while in many cases still taking home their full compensation package.

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