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People working a four-day week would lead to a stronger economy, the F\u00f3rsa trade union has said.<\/p>\nPeople working a four-day week would lead to a stronger economy, the F\u00f3rsa trade union has said.<\/p>\n
The days of doing 9 to 5 could be numbered if Ireland\u2019s largest public service union gets its way.<\/p>\n
F\u00f3rsa wants workers to do a four-day week and is hosting a conference in Dublin today to hear what employees in other countries do.<\/p>\n
The union says most of the benefits of productivity because of technology are being felt by the global elite, not by ordinary workers.<\/p>\n
They claim reduced working hours is one of the main issues in debates about the future of work.<\/p>\n
F\u00f3rsa says a national debate on introducing a four-day working week is needed.<\/p>\n
Labour’s Employment spokesperson Ged Nash that as we move closer towards full employment, we should look at the pressures facing workers and examine how our laws can be changed to benefit them.<\/p>\n
“The world of work is changing rapidly and workers are increasingly being made feel like they need to be constantly available to their employers,” he said.<\/p>\n
In order to make work more productive and to ensure family life and society benefits from advances in technology I think it is timely that we examine how our working time laws at Irish and EU level can better serve workers and industry by providing workers with a better work-life balance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith workers constantly being expected to be \u2018on\u2019, there is evidence to suggest that quality of work and productivity can suffer as a result.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmployees and employers don\u2019t benefit from this kind of practice,” he said.<\/p>\n