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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by ggm on Sunday June 20, 2021 @10:51PM (#27575812)
Australia calling: 37.5hr week please. It be law.
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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by dtn on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:08PM (#27575903)
It's law, but it still gets abused quite frequently (outside of tech, at least).

Anecdotally speaking, all my mates who work in private construction office jobs regularly do quite a bit of unpaid overtime. It's very much a combined cultural and managerial issue, clocking off at the correct hours gets you the stink-eye, and the volume of work assigned necessitates overtime.

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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by yskchu on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:26AM (#27576569)
One of the things I love most about Australia (New South Wales at least) is the mandatory 2 months long service leave after 10 years of service

https://www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au/employers/nsw-emp...

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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by nkssy on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:19AM (#27576529)
I bet you're envious of the typical US 2 weeks vacation allowance.
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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by ggm on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:09AM (#27576727)
20 years in with two rounds of long service leave that would be "no"
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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by nkssy on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:56PM (#27584366)
I sense there are colorful words before that word "No".
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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by irrational on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:35PM (#27576058)
Still way too long.
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