Finnish PM calls for a 4-day-week and 6-hour-day

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[–]RatherSmallPotato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That just means there are a lot of part-time workers. If you sign a contract for any normal job it will be 40 hours a week.(maybe 35, like Norway, not sure). But not 25 or 29.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes but in the Netherlands you can ask for less hours at your job and receive proportionally less pay, and the employer has to approve this if you ask. So a lot of them are actually full-time jobs, just worked with less hours.

[–]RatherSmallPotato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

TIL. Cool system. I'd work half the hours for half the pay, easily.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah it's a very good law.

Then furthermore their healthcare is not tied to their employment, so the distinction of part-time/full-time doesn't matter nearly as much.