[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.

Short working hours can have positive effects such as lower absenteeism and higher employee motivation, says researcher Eike Windscheid-Profeta from the trade union-affiliated Hans Böckler Foundation. “There is no such thing as prosperity without effort,” says CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann.