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Luke Costin

Four-day work week trial delivers sick leave surprise

Medibank is trialling a four-day week for some of its workers, and sick leave has dropped. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

A four-day working week trial at Australia's largest private health provider has delivered a marked drop in sick and carer's leave among frontline workers.

Stress levels have also reduced across all 250 workers in the first 10 weeks of Medibank's six-month experiment, the insurer's head of human resources said on Monday.

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