Wouldn't an extra day working from home each week give pretty much the same benefits, while keeping productivity the same?
Nice middle ground, I think. I think for businesses that require customers to be around... restaurants, taxis, coffee shops... losing a day would be pretty brutal.
Likely see less coffee shops, for example, as they would struggle to make rent. Probably more chain coffee shops, as a result. I see a lot of consequences like this to adding another weekend day.
Yes - many 'services' might still be 7 day, just cycling additional time off amongst the workers. That relies on owners happily sharing their profits, which is unlikely to happen outside of co-ops.
Actually, I think those businesses would have a better go at adjusting.
A lot of stores, coffee shops, and the like are almost completely staffed with part time workers that only work 3-4 days a week anyway, though they might have to have slightly more hourly management. Taxi drivers are often independent contractors.
The bigger issue I would be things like nursing homes, hospitals, and other such things because suddenly you'd need more CNAs and nurses and doctors on staff. It would really need to be planned in a way that gets nursing programs (for example) expanded and folks enrolled in such programs. The businesses would benefit overall, however - Somewhere in sweden they experiemented with 6 hour nursing shifts not so long ago. They found less stress, better care, and less absenteeism among the nursing staff. Short term loss that some planning can help with for what seems like long-term gain.
Nice middle ground, I think. I think for businesses that require customers to be around... restaurants, taxis, coffee shops... losing a day would be pretty brutal.
Likely see less coffee shops, for example, as they would struggle to make rent. Probably more chain coffee shops, as a result. I see a lot of consequences like this to adding another weekend day.