Study to take place on the benefits of a four-day work week
By Shermain Bique-Charles
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A comprehensive study is expected to occur later this year to determine whether the country would benefit from transitioning to a four-day work week.
Presently, Antigua and Barbuda follow a five-day work week.
Labour Minister Steadroy Benjamin made the revelation while speaking on state media on Labour Day morning.
Benjamin expressed his concerns about whether this transition would be productive, but several union officials and other labour officials came forward in calling for it. Benjamin conceded, and a study will be conducted.
“We are going to have that done. We are going to look at it and check it out,” Benjamin said.
He clarified that this does not automatically mean that will change but if the study proves to produce greater productivity than a five-day, then “the government would be quite proper to look at the possibilities of the reduction”.
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