Employees are more productive and have better health if they work a six-hour day, an experiment in Sweden has found. Staff at the Svartedalens nursing home in Gothenburg took part in a controlled trial of a 30-hour working week, with an audit published on the experiment in April finding staff were more productive and energetic – with patients at the home reporting an improvement in their care.
Six-hour days make workers happier and more productive, study finds