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Major built environment institutes renew joint pledge to tackle global instability as cities boom 

Workplace Insight

In a Memorandum of Understanding , the group say they have agreed to continue to make their joint expertise accessible to the governments, humanitarian agencies and development partners at the sharp end of delivering sustainable urbanisation.

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The four day week and a case of less is more

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Following the success of a New Zealand-based trial at property planning company, Perpetual Guardian in 2018, Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart set up 4 Day Week Global, the not-for-profit platform for the promotion of the four-day week. Instead, look at the results.”.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018. After six months, in a company-wide survey, 51 percent of employees said they were “very happy” at work (up from 12 percent) and 88 percent said they had enough time for personal tasks (up from 54 percent).