Opinion: Could the four-day work week do more harm than good for Australian small businesses?

As the buzz around the four-day work week reaches fever pitch, businesses must carefully consider the full implications that such a work model could bring. Though promising, research on the benefits of the four-day work week on productivity and work-life balance don’t apply to businesses across the board.

For small businesses in particular, this model triggers several unintended consequences that seriously raise the question: could the four-day work week do more harm than good?

For starters, its implementation could exacerbate existing disparities between small businesses and employees of larger corporations.

Large corporations typically possess the financial means to implement and maintain a four-day model without compromising on operational efficiency.