Four-day work week? Six weeks of holidays? Australians have a choice about how to bank productivity gains

Australian employer groups have been scathing about the ACTU’s vision of a four-day working week. Photograph: No-Mad/Getty Images

One of the ideas that has captured many peoples’ attention amid the flurry of proposals ahead of the economic roundtable is the Australian Council of Trade Unions’ vision of a four-day working week.

The peak union body argued that working less could actually be productivity enhancing, although the studies behind those claims aren’t too rigorous.