Australia’s Largest Health Insurer Announces 4-Day Work Week Trial

The theory behind a shorter work week is that it can boost productivity.
Australia’s Largest Health Insurer Announces 4-Day Work Week Trial
Medibank signage sits on top of the Medibank building in Docklands, Melbourne of Australia on Oct. 1, 2014. Scott Barbour/Getty Images
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Australia’s largest health insurer Medibank has announced its intentions to trial a four-day work week in an effort to boost the well-being of its employees. 
The company’s trial will be facilitated in conjunction with Macquarie University’s Health and Wellbeing Research Unit as well as 4 Day Week Global—an international organisation aimed at taking the emphasis away from hours worked and onto productivity and output.