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There are a lot of jobs that require constant presence at the site of the actual work. Nurses, Doctors, Construction workers, etc.

4 day weeks will work very well for a minority of jobs. In every other case, it is downright impractical to implement.

How can a Construction Worker / Waiter / Hotel management staff, etc have 4 day weeks ?

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Hospitals operate 24x7 but individual Nurses and Doctors don't. They work in shifts of course! A 4 day working week means a hospital would have to hire more doctors and nurses of course.

It's a thought bubble though: in my country doctors and nurses are severely overworked as it is. The health system could not permit 4 days a week for doctors and nurses.

Hire more people. Same reason the law requiring OT pay for greater than 40 hours per week of work was passed.

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