• sir_pronoun@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    So they can choose to take the 36 hour week, right? Guess that means they earn less if they do?

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      The article is unclear, but the introduction on the study says:

      Between 2015 and 2019, following discussions between public sector employers and trade unions, Iceland saw two major public sector trials of a shorter working week for no loss in pay.

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        Jeez, Scandinavian countries showing how it’s done again. How come the rest of the world isn’t crying in shame all day?

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          21 hours ago

          Sorry to be that guy, but Scandinavia is just the “peninsula”, so Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The Nordics is us three, Finland, Iceland, Färöarna, Åland and Greenland. Basically what you probably think of when you think of Scandinavia.

          But yes, we rule 😎

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          24 hours ago

          Because we’re supremely good at inventing thought terminating cliches and right-wing weirdos.