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A comment on Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but experts split. Parent comment

Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by Aeolun on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:35AM (#27577355)
> I'd hire the second one since it's going to be cheaper.

You would. But the guy doing the hiring is just giving the job to his drinking buddy, sure that the favor will come back in some way or the other.

There’s also the social factor to consider. These extra people could be superfluous, but if they’re not there everyone walking past will condemn that construction site as being unsafe.

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Re:Japan's government plans to encourage 4-day workweek, but... by franciscop on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:32AM (#27580154)
Definitely not (except for the most egregious cases), long-term construction sites in Japan are already fully covered by white panels that don't even let you see inside and short-term ones have at least two barriers and lots of signals. While them not being there does not mark "dangerous", I do think them being there could mark them as "extra-safe".
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