Charlie Turner
speaker
4,985 appearances
165 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2017
last heard Aug 2021
Charlie Turner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Should we ditch the five-day, 40-hour work week?
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The traditional work week is under pressure because of changes wrought by COVID-19.
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That's after the break.
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Could the five-day, 40-hour workweek become a thing of the past?
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Some companies are trying out a four-day workweek on the belief that a shorter schedule could be a better fit for workers who've had to make so many adjustments to their personal and professional lives because of the pandemic and working from home.
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A shorter week is already being used or experimented with in some European countries, but there are questions about whether it could be widely adopted in the U.S., and companies will have to make some changes in order to implement a four-day week.
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For more, let's bring in our reporter Patrick Thomas.
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Patrick, thanks for joining us.
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Patrick, a shorter work week has been tried before in the U.S.
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during previous decades.
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There were some failed attempts to make it the law, but now there seems to be a renewed push for a four-day week.
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Tell us why the traditional five-day work week is under new pressure.
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Well, how are workers driving the shift to a shorter week?
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What demands are they making on their employers?
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Which companies are experimenting with a four-day workweek?
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Is it small companies or larger ones?
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You've written about how companies and governments overseas are experimenting with a shorter week.
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Tell us what's going on there.
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Why is a shorter workweek not for every company?
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What happened with companies that tried the experiment and ditched it?
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