Oh, baby!
Tokyo is offering its employees a four-day workweek in an attempt to boost the city’s birthrate.
Governor Yuriko Koike recently announced that the city’s government employees will be given the option to have a three-day weekend beginning in April 2025.
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Tokyo is giving its employees a four-day workweek in an attempt to boost the city’s birthrate. Bloomberg via Getty Images
Another new policy will allow parents with elementary-aged children to clock out early in exchange for a pay cut.
The revolutionary policies in the world’s largest city are attempts to encourage couples to have children as Japan continues to report a record-low fertility rate for the 16th consecutive year.
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