{"id":19019,"date":"2021-07-06T08:23:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T06:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=19019"},"modified":"2021-07-07T09:30:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T07:30:53","slug":"four-day-week-an-overwhelming-success-in-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/07\/four-day-week-an-overwhelming-success-in-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Four-Day Workweek&#8217;s Overwhelming Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the years, governments and employers have been spending loads of effort to improve employees&#8217; work-life balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the ideas is the four-day workweek that has been around for years even before the pandemic started. It is in which workers work fewer numbers of hours or days while still being paid the same amount. This concept is starting to gain international attention. In fact, some countries have started experimenting with it, one of which is Iceland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the article and read how the four-day workweek experiment turned out in Iceland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-57724779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-57724779<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is your reaction and thoughts on this news? What does it mean for all workers around the world?<\/li><li>How did the four-day workweek experiment turn out in Iceland?<\/li><li>Do you think a four-day workweek at your office would affect your productivity?<\/li><li>What are some effects of a good work-life balance?<\/li><li>Do you think a four-day workweek will become the norm in the future? 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