Workers want 4-day week in S'pore; some employers have started to offer this option

Seven in 10 local workers want the four-day work week, says a Milieu Insight poll run for The Straits Times last month. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Most workers in Singapore are keen to have a four-day work week for better work-life balance, in line with a large-scale trial that is under way in Britain.

Since June, more than 3,300 workers at 70 UK companies were put on a four-day week with no loss of pay. 

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