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webbo3 | 19:07 Thu 12th Sep 2019 | News
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7456059/John-McDonnell-hints-Labour-FOUR-DAY-working-week.html

My hospital is only open 8-5 Monday - Friday, so a four day week means I lose 32 hours, how will the Labour government make this shortfall up.
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'Brexit Taliban'. I like that and it's so in keeping with the flavour of debate on here. :-)
Webbo3 - It's simple. Just don't get sick outside of "business hours".
It has been suggested that population levels must fall.
Too many of the halt & lame.
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\\I think webbo must mean 32 hours a month (assuming 4 weeks in a month). But I'm sure the idea is more staff will be recruited to ensure the total coverage is unchanged//

they won't tho, they need to find doctors, surgeons,nurses, and other staff willing to work 8 hours a day without compromising patient care.
The only good idea labour have had is the NHS!
^Labour implemented the NHS but it wasn't Labour's idea ....
The report was written by Lord Skidelsky.

Is that the same Lord Skidelsky, who was Conservative spokesman in the Lords on Treasury matters ?
The Tories never had a good idea, either. Only in their own eyes. Falling living standards, low pay and longer hours is what you get under the Tories. And they want you to be grateful for it.
Anyone would think the theory of a four day week was something new. We've heard it before. I should imagine it would be a rolling four days on, four days off, 7 days a week. Lots of places do that now.
A four day week is a fine aim. Working hours have been reducing throughout history. Not easy to force it though. But with automation making savings, some of the benefit should work through as reduced hours if the right decisions are made. And working smart rather than long hours may help. Probably be a gradual thing though, in business one has to keep an eye on the checks & balances.
it's ok, Abacus has done the maths and as long as we all work between 10 and 11am on Monday we'll be fine. Jezza has got some magic beans you know and apparently they are going to rob this bloke called Peter who's loaded.
You tell 'em, TTT!
Talking about Robbing Peter to Pay Paul, Bercow is now comparing Boris to a Bank Robber, sorry about the misuse of capitals.
Look around you ABers.
There are millions of people working shorter hours, but not by choice. Their employers have them on zero hours contracts, or typically have them working 4 hour a day for 4 days.
The biggest culprits of this are supermarkets and retail warehouses. Their employees don’t make a living wage, so the tax payer has to top up these workers’ wages with benefits to the tune of £11Billion annually.

Yes, that’s right. Some of the biggest companies in the UK, Tesco, Asda, Sports Direct are running a scam whereby the taxpayer is paying their employees £Billions.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/supermarket-workers-minimum-wage-pay-topped-up-by-11bn-in-benefits-says-charity-10170426.html
yes gromit I do agree, these zero hours contracts should be outlawed, costing us all a kin fortune.
10.37 ,Gromit ,never realized it was costing the Tax payer that amount,thanks for that one.
//these zero hours contracts should be outlawed//

zero hours contracts actually suit some people. this works well in consultancy type work, or in the case of the semi-retired who could be called on to "top up" the regular workforce at times of greater need, without having to pay labour agency prices. I don't know what the answer is, but a blanket ban would not be welcomed.

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