1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: And Amanda jam Nation done the Jonesy the matter of 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: arms for the PUB test. 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 2: The four day work week? 4 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 3: Does it pass the PUB test? 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: Sounds fanciful, but the Australian Council of Trade Unions the ACTU, 6 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: is advocating for exactly this. Employers would work eighty percent 7 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: of their hours but maintain one hundred percent of their 8 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: salary provided they can sustain their productivity levels. So this 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: is where the dance comes in. You do four days 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: a week because Australia needs more productivity, but we don't 11 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: want that, they are saying, and they're right at the 12 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: expense of burnout, of stress, of no human connection, of 13 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: no time for family. So that's what this is looking at. 14 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: So they've done a study that has found that, and 15 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: it went for a couple of years, a four day 16 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: work week, full pay, it did increase productivity and the 17 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: majority ninety five percent of the companies involved said they 18 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: wanted to keep going with it after the trial finished. 19 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: How do you feel the four day work week? Does 20 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: it pass the PUB test? 21 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: It? 22 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 3: Personally does you find people will be more productive because 23 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 3: they've got that motivation of a three day weekend. 24 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 4: Well, how does the rest of the world workers some 25 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,839 Speaker 4: of us, says, I think the Prime Minister set yesterday. 26 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 4: Some of us would just like to work a five 27 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 4: day week. The business is going to be open for 28 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 4: five days a week still, or are they going to 29 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 4: be shut for that extra day which means that other 30 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 4: businesses can't work with them. 31 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 3: No, I don't believe it past the pub test. It's 32 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 3: going to produce productivity, but is it going to actually 33 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 3: increase the economy. I believe that it's actually going to 34 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 3: pull the economy back. 35 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 5: No, it doesn't pass the pop test because, unfortunately, there 36 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 5: are jobs out there that it has to be five 37 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 5: days a week. As a teacher, I'm working five days 38 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 5: a week. 39 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 2: You're older, definitely, yes, a four day work week. You 40 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: know you need to spend some more time looking after yourself. 41 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: Nowadays you can't retire to your nearly dead, so having 42 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 2: four days is great. But when you're younger, I think 43 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: you can do five days hard map. Yeah. 44 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 5: I remember I used to work six days a week, 45 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 5: and I used to God, it'd be great to work 46 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 5: five days a week. 47 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 4: Old days. 48 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: I don't think that everyone would take that same one 49 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: day off. I know one of those callers was saying 50 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: the business, businesses close. I think it's a you know, 51 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: shifting thing. Not everyone's off on the same day.