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Four-day-week pioneer Andrew Barnes on the future of the working week - Fri 9 Oct

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Northland Regional Council moves staff to a nine-day fortnight on the same pay - effectively giving staff a pay rise by lowering their hours worked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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