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Six-hour day

Thesix-hour dayis a schedule by which the employees or other members of an institution (which may also be, for example, a school) spend six hours contributing. This is in contrast to the widespreadeight-hour day,or any other time arrangement. It has also been proposed as a better alternative to thefour-day week,another proposed way to reduce working time.[1]

By country

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Australia

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In Australia, the six-hour day andfour-day weekis supported by theAustralian Greens.[2]TheCommunist Party of Australiaadvocates for a reduced working week (35 hours).[3]

Finland

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In 2020, theFinnishPrime MinisterSanna Marinadvocated for a change towards implementing a six-hour working day.[4]

The result of a Finnish study showed positive effects.[5]

TheCommunist Party of Finlandis advocating for six-hour working day too.[6]

Italy

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TheCommunist Party (Italy)advocates for a six-hour workday.[7]

Norway

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TheRed Party (Norway)has advocated for a six-hour workday.[8]

Sweden

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The 6 hour workday has been subject to reoccurring debate since the early 70's after the prominent sociologist and politicianAlva Myrdalproposed to implement it toSveriges socialdemokratiska kvinnoförbund.[9]Today there are more than a few examples of companies which already have a 6 hour workday in Sweden, and the notion of a trend towards a six-hour workday has also been mentioned.[10][11][12][13][14]Since 2002 there is a workplace with a 6 hour workday in the small town ofMölndal.[11]This led to higher profitability, implemented without any decrease in wages. One of the people who works at the company claimed that "You have more energy. You're more alert. More efficient. I promise: you perform 20-30% more in six hours than eight." ( "Man orkar mera. Är piggare. Effektivare. Jag lovar: Man presterar 20–30 procent mer på sex timmar än på åtta." )[citation needed]Several small-scale implementations of the concept have been trialed inSweden,including the private and public sectors.[5][15]InGothenburg,an experiment with 70 nurses over 18 months found decreases in sick leave, better self-reported health as well as an increase in productivity, with a cost of 1,3 million USD.[16]

Two major parties support cutting the working hours in Sweden as of 2022. The partyVänsterpartiet (the left party)is advocating a 6 hour working day without decreased pay.[17][18]Miljöpartiet de gröna(The green party)has the goal of a 30 hour workweek.[18]

Other parties advocating for 6 hour working day are: theCommunist Party of Sweden[19]and theCommunist Party (sweden).[20]

About half of Swedes would rather have to work fewer hours rather than getting paid more, with women being more positive towards more free time.[21]The majority of Swedes are in favour of shorter working weeks, with the greatest support from women and people who are engaged in so calledblue-collarjobs.[22]

Switzerland

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TheSwiss Party of Labouradvocates for the introduction of a reduced working day (even though they ask for 35 hours, not 30).[23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Veal, Anthony (13 January 2020)."Time's up for the 9-to-5 — a six-hour working day is the future".ABC News.Retrieved16 January2020.
  2. ^"Australian party pitches four-day working week".BBC News.14 March 2017.Retrieved14 October2020.
  3. ^"Employment".CPA.Retrieved10 August2023.
  4. ^"Finland Is Rallying Around a Six-Hour Workday — And So Should We".Jacobin.Retrieved14 October2020.
  5. ^ab"Sex timmars arbetsdag, en väg till både hälsa och effektivitet?".miun.se(in Swedish). 30 May 2022.Retrieved16 December2023.
  6. ^"SKP:n puolueohjelma".Suomen kommunistinen puolue(in Finnish). 1 July 2022.Retrieved10 August2023.
  7. ^"Programma del Partito Comunista - Elezioni elettorali 2018"(PDF).dait.interno.gov.it.Retrieved8 August2023.
  8. ^"Six-hour workday".Rødt.17 September 2021.Retrieved17 September2021.
  9. ^"Visst funkar sex timmars arbetsdag".Chef(in Swedish). 8 October 2019.Retrieved26 May2022.
  10. ^"Trenden med sex timmars arbetsdag fortsätter".Chef(in Swedish). 28 October 2015.Retrieved26 May2022.
  11. ^ab"Här tjänar alla på sex timmars arbete".Dagens Arbete(in Swedish). 30 January 2017.Retrieved26 May2022.
  12. ^"Klockan fyra är bara chefen kvar".Chef(in Swedish). 16 June 2015.Retrieved26 May2022.
  13. ^"Byrån införde sex timmars arbetsdag – affärerna går som tåget".www.resume.se(in Swedish).Retrieved26 May2022.
  14. ^"Sex timmars arbetsdag gav resultat direkt".Chef(in Swedish). 11 February 2016.Retrieved26 May2022.
  15. ^Savage, Maddy (2 November 2015)."The truth about Sweden's short working hours".Retrieved16 January2020.
  16. ^Savage, Maddy (8 February 2017)."What really happened when Swedes tried six-hour days?".Retrieved16 January2020.
  17. ^"Mer tid för att leva, vi är för arbetstidsförkortning".Vänsterpartiet(in Swedish).Retrieved26 May2022.
  18. ^abMarklund, Ingrid (16 May 2014)."Bara ett parti driver 6 timmars arbetsdag".Sveriges Radio(in Swedish).Retrieved26 May2022.
  19. ^"Kommunisternas partiprogram".Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti(in Swedish). 5 July 2021.Retrieved8 August2023.
  20. ^admin (3 June 2009)."Kommunistiska Partiets program".Kommunistiska Partiet(in Swedish).Retrieved8 August2023.
  21. ^"Sifo: Kortare arbetstid viktigare än högre lön – Arbetet"(in Swedish). 18 May 2022.Retrieved26 May2022.
  22. ^"Island drar ner på arbetstiden".Arbetaren.Retrieved25 February2023.
  23. ^"Il nostro programma – POP Ticino"(in Italian).Retrieved9 August2023.

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