Petition Reduce working hours to 6 hours to improve productivity, turnover and happiness.

Reduce working hours to 6 hours per day to replicate Sweeden, and as shown to improve productivity, staff turn over and general wellbeing of staff at Toyota.

This is achieved by minimising meeting durations & removing all distractions from the working environment.

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http://www.sciencealert.com/sweden-is-shifting-to-a-6-hour-workday

Extract:-

Despite research telling us it’s a really bad idea, many of us end up working 50-hour weeks or more because we think we’ll get more done and reap the benefits later. And according to a study published last month involving 600,000 people, those of us who clock up a 55-hour week will have a 33 percent greater risk of having astroke...

..Sweden is moving towards a standard 6-hour work day..

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Date closed 9 April 2016
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