Four Day Work Week Summary

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The reading and the lecture are both about a policy that allows companies to hire employees for a four-day week work. The author of the reading believes that four-day work week might be beneficial for employees, companies and the community as a whole and provides some reasons. The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made in the article. He argues that four-day work week has not valuable outcome for the economy and it cause increasing costs and has no economical benefit. First of all, the author claims that four-day work week causes increasing company profits. He believes shortened work week may cause employees to be more effective and decrease their working errors. He states that hiring new employees will not lead to increasing company costs

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