The longer hours is a tough sell, but I worked at a place where we had four 10-hour days. It was tough at first, but knowing that you get a three-day weekend every week (and sometimes four days on holidays!) helped us push through.

India has been needing some worker reforms for a while (something most countries need at this point, to be honest). If this is what gets their ball rolling, bravo.

this isn't bad at all! at least in america people work 5 12 hour days, and then work a bit on weekends! this is good!

I love the idea! I think having a longer weekend is fantastic - a time to really enjoy life. I usually try and organise my work hours like that anyway. Judging by the comments there are lots of people who don't like the idea. It would be so good if we could be flexible - work out an arrangement that suits both employer and employee. I also like the idea of working in fortnights rather than weeks - work 8 or 10 days straight and then have weekends that are 6 or 4 days long. This gives enough time to really use the weekend, go away on adventures for a few days.

For a year I worked 4 - 10 hour days and LOVED IT . My schedule was Monday, Wed-Friday. That meant on Tuesday I could do all my Doctor's appointments/hair cuts/laundry/errand running and then I always had two solid "off " day. Best schedule ever.

I don't think it's a good idea. I worked 10 hours shifts, and by the end of the 8th hour your productivity just plummetting. Besides, a lot of people work extra hours, and with such a long working day you'll end up either staying at work till midnight or sacrificing your "extra" day off anyway.

As a nurse, this is actually very common. It's not bad after you get used to it. I actually found I had more time , rather than when I worked with different days off and most times my days off weren't even in a row.

Please don't. I don't want my family in India to suffer as much as my dad does in work right now.

I work 12 hours a day for 5 days on then have 4 days off. I much prefer it this way. When I worked 8 hours a day, 5 days a week with 2 days off in between I hated it, I felt like I wasn't home at all.

I worked 3 12 hr days and 1 4 hr day. I liked the 3 day weekends.

In Germany you are only supposed to work 8 hours a day. Overtime (up to 2 additional hours a day) has to be part of your contract. (in theory- of course there are black sheeps and exceptions)On my contract it says that overtime (how much must be defined) is included in my regular pay but since I work flexible hours i can just take hours or day of (Great German word "abfeiern"- "party off/away") It really us worth searching for a good employer (even if it doe not happen overnight and is especially difficult in bigger enterprises)

My working week is just like that, 12hrs x 4 days a week and to me is much better than 8hrs x 6days because at the end of the week i spent much less time in the street. in a standard working day is like work 9 to1 lunch then work again 3 to 7. Going home for lunch is losing extra time in commute and is hard or just can't do something useful in that time (like shopping, medical date or paperwork). is not perfect tough, imposible to find a nursery so you need family support.

I do twelve hour days switching from four days a week then three. It's hard only seeing my wife four hours tops on work days, but three or four day weekends are great.

Well, I very often work 12 hours a day, as I am a freelancer. If I had to work 12 hours a day for four days and have three days off, for the same income, I think I'd agree.

so the idea of the employees is to work six hour days, five per week. I wonder if they are willing to take a 30% pay cut?

I work a 12 hour day every shift, plus sometimes late jobs (I work as a Paramedic). I love the amount of time I have off work, my holidays are better than teachers as I put the hours in. Doing a 9-5 would kill me now as I would feel that I would never be away from work

That sounds equally as bad. It’s only one day less of work in exchange for working four more hours per day. Makes no sense, it’s like more work really. If it was 9 or 10 hours then I would understand more. Working five eight hour days is also stupid and ridiculous so I don’t think this is worse. Just equally bad. I wouldn’t do either unless it was for a shitload of money.

Tried this once and it didn't work out. We spent our extra off day doing all the stuff we didn't have time for on working days. And catching up on sleep. Luckily it was a voluntary experiment and ee dropped it after a couple of weeks.

Most people seem to ignore that it would be flexible (allowing companies the option for 4 day week) and not a mandatory thing !!

Ummmm yeh it's called FIFO and thousands of people do it in Australia