Hawaii firms consider 4-day work week
July 18, 2008
Hawaii employers and state government are looking at four-day work weeks as a way to cut costs, save energy and get their workers off the roads one day a week.
Some are looking at the switch as a “green” initiative while others are seeing a way to boost employee productivity and morale. For workers, it’s one fewer day on the road burning $4.50-a-gallon gas or jamming into a crowded bus.
A recent online survey by Pacific Business News found that 57 percent of the roughly 700 people who responded said their job or business could shift to a four-day work week. Thirty-four percent said they couldn’t.
Last week, Gov. Linda Lingle said the state is “seriously considering” a switch to four-day work weeks for some employees. Lingle has said that there have been discussions with the state Department of Human Resources Development and the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism about whether a four-day work week model would be feasible and ensure the same level of service.
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