Multiple choice · Test 1

The four-day week

For decades, the five-day working week was 0taken for granted as an unchangeable fact of life. Recently, however, a growing number of companies have begun to 1 with a shorter week.

Supporters argue that staff who work four longer days rather than five are more productive, and that the extra day off helps them 2 a better balance between work and home life. Early 3 suggest that they may be right: in one large trial, most participating firms reported that output had stayed the same or even improved, while staff took 4 fewer sick days.

Not everyone is convinced, though. Critics point out that the model does not 5 itself easily to every industry. Hospitals, schools and shops, for instance, cannot simply close for an extra day, and in such sectors the change could 6 in serious staff shortages. Others worry that squeezing the same amount of work into fewer days will simply 7 stress levels.

Whatever the outcome, the debate has 8 a question that many of us rarely ask: how much of our working time is really necessary?

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