The five-day work week hasn't changed since it was first brought to prominence by Henry Ford almost a century ago. But this set-up is increasingly at odds with our 21st Century lifestyles - and is having a real and measurable impact on our mental health and wellbeing.
In this episode, Sarah chats to Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart: co-founders of 4 Day Week Global, a not-for-profit community whose support for trials across the globe has shown the very real benefits - for employees and business alike - of reducing work time to the equivalent of four days a week.
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