Mr. Andrew Barnes:

I will address a little of that if I may. The 100-80 concept is borne out of the fact that a significant amount of research indicates that people are only productive - not busy, but productive - for approximately three hours a day. That is often caused by inefficiencies in the way work is structured or the fact that there are disruptions and distractions that impact what they are doing. What we are trying to say is that if one empowers the workforce to rethink how they do things, they will find a way to do it better and more efficiently. If employees are working eight hours a day but only productive for three of those hours, a four-day working week will not turn the workplace into a heads-down, working-all-the-time environment. It is about trying to get more productivity out of people within each hour while still leaving a large amount of time for socialisation. My company has been doing this for more than three years. We have found that our social interaction has increased, as have our teamwork and productivity, while the number of employees has decreased. It is not about just focusing on time taken; it is about what is coming out of that. That equally applies whether it is education, nursing, manufacturing or the service industry.