Sweden Is Moving Toward the 6-hour Workday — and It’s Turning Out Great
Sweden's experiment aimed at transforming the workday is having unexpected results.
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Sweden’s experiment aimed at transforming the workday is having unexpected results.
From The Independent:
Employers across the country have already made the change, according to the Science Alert website, which said the aim was to get more done in a shorter amount of time and ensure people had the energy to enjoy their private lives.
Toyota centres in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city, made the switch 13 years ago, with the company reporting happier staff, a lower turnover rate, and an increase in profits in that time. … According to Science Alert, doctors and nurses in some hospitals in the country have even made the move to the six-hour day.
A retirement home in Gothenburg made the six-hour switch earlier this year and is conducting an experiment, until the end of 2016, to determine whether the cost of hiring new staff members to cover the hours lost is worth the improvements to patient care and boosting of employees’ morale.
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—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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