[HIGHLIGHTS] Economics doesn’t believe in a 35-hour week: “You can’t accomplish as much in 35 hours as you can in 40.”

Economics doesn’t believe in a 35-hour week: “You can’s accomplish as much in 35 hours as you can in 40”. The Left recently presented a concept for a four-day week.

CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann considers a reduction in working hours to be a threat to the economy and prosperity in the medium term. But shorter working hours can have positive effects such as lower absenteeism and higher employee motivation, says researcher Eike Windscheid-Profeta from trade union-affiliated Hans Böckler Foundation.