Slim, one of the world's richest men, suggested the idea at a business conference in Paraguay.
The downside is, workers would have to put up with longer work hours, up to 11 hours a day and a later retirement age of 70 or 75.
"People are going to have to work for more years, until they are 70 or 75, and just work three days a week – perhaps 11 hours a day," he was quoted by Paraguay.com news agency as saying.
Still Slim believes having four days off would boost productivity and improve the general quality of life.
"With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax; for quality of life. Having four days (off) would be very important to generate new entertainment activities and other ways of being occupied," he added.
Here in the Philippines, a similar proposal was floated by the MMDA in February to ease the traffic situation in Metro Manila. But the four-day work week idea was criticized by labor groups. - ANC
ANC News Now, July 23, 2014
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
