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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jonathan Bunn

Four-day-week council rejects conflict of interest concerns over second jobs

The Government has withdrawn an objection to the four-day working week (PA) - (PA Wire)

A council has rejected concerns that its introduction of a four-day week could lead to potential conflicts of interest after it emerged some staff have second jobs.

South Cambridgeshire district council, which is led by the Liberal democrats, was urged to boost employee monitoring after an internal survey suggested nearly one in six were undertaking paid work during their extra day off.

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