1 Dec 2020

Unilever to trial 4-day working week in New Zealand

From Nine To Noon, 9:09 am on 1 December 2020
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From Monday, New Zealand-based employees of global consumer goods giant Unilever will start trialing a four-day working week.

If successful, the scheme will be rolled out to Unilever's 155-thousand employees around the world. Unilever's 81 New Zealand employees will still retain their salaries at 100 per cent, while working 80 per cent of the time.

The company will work with the University of Technology (UTS) in Sydney to measure the qualitative results of the trial.

Kathryn is joined by Nick Bangs, Managing Director of Unilever New Zealand and co-founder of the 4 Day Week Global foundation, Charlotte Lockhart.