The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees, in its latest push to help working mothers and boost record-low fertility rates.
It separately announced another policy that will allow parents with children in grades one to three in elementary schools to trade off a bit of their salary for the option to clock out early.
That’s something. Not quite there yet, but something.
lots of people would love to work less for less money to have more time.
Yes, work less, more time… the money part is the “gotcha!”.
I’m in Canada and over 50% of the population are living paycheck to paycheck. Too many people aren’t even taking their earned time off just so they can put in extra hours to afford a roof over their head.
To anyone outside of Canada, the majority of our population lives where a cheap roof is about $100,000. As is each of the 4 walls. Plus the floor too. (So like $600,000)
Or you could rent a bachelor’s apartment for like $2000/month.
That’s something. Not quite there yet, but something.
Depends on what “a bit” is. If Japan is anything like the rest of the world, people can’t afford to lose any pay, for any reason.
Not sure what your “rest of the world” looks like, but at least in my bubble lots of people would love to work less for less money to have more time.
Yes, work less, more time… the money part is the “gotcha!”.
I’m in Canada and over 50% of the population are living paycheck to paycheck. Too many people aren’t even taking their earned time off just so they can put in extra hours to afford a roof over their head.
To anyone outside of Canada, the majority of our population lives where a cheap roof is about $100,000. As is each of the 4 walls. Plus the floor too. (So like $600,000)
Or you could rent a bachelor’s apartment for like $2000/month.