My colleague Ailbhe returned from a seminar recently and announced that the future will be a four-day working week. This idea is not new to me. In fact, ICE Group, a recruitment company in Galway, actively embraces the concept. Margaret Cox, a director of ICE Group, has evangelised the idea with me and is adamant it is a very positive experience both for their team and their clients. There are a few derivations of the four-day week. ICE promotes it as three day weekend, with a working week of a 36-hour week as opposed to 39 hours. The four-day week…

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