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Haftada 4 gün çalışma olur mu?
Berlin’deki danışmanlık şirketi Intraprenör, gelecek yıldan itibaren başlatılması planlanan bir pilot proje ile haftada dört gün çalışma sistemini şirketler üzerinde deneyecek. Projeye dahil olmak isteyen şirketler perşembe gününden itibaren başvuru yapabilecek.
#Almanya
6 ülke, 33 şirket, 6 ay... Dört gün çalışmayı denediler, sonuçlara patronlar bile şaşırdı: 'Yorumları dinlerken gözyaşlarıma hâkim olamadım'
Şu ana kadar yapılmış en büyük dört gün çalışma denemesi yakın zamanda sonuçlandı. 6 ay boyunca haftada dört gün mesai yapan 33 şirketin CEO'larından en alt kademe çalışanlarına kadar herkes değişimden beklemedikleri kadar büyük faydalar gördüklerini ve 5 güne dönmeyi kesinlikle düşünmediklerini belirtiyor. Peki dört güne geçen şirketlerde neler yaşandı?
#Dört Gün Çalışma
Dünyanın en büyük çalışma hayatı deneyi başladı... Haftada 4 gün çalışacaklar!
Oxford ve Cambridge Üniversitelerinden bilim insanları öncülüğünde, dünyanın en büyük çalışma hayatı pilot deneyi bugün İngiltere’de başladı. 70 firmanın 3 bin 300’den fazla çalışanı, haftada sadece 4 gün çalışacak ve işe gelmedikleri günler maaşlarından kesilmeyecek. Bilim insanları ise çalışanların verimliliğini ile şirketlerin kar oranını ölçecek.
#Ofis
Small Austrian town exports energy model
GUESSING - Guessing, a small town in Austria, is reaping the fruits of foreseeing the renewable energy boom in the early 1990s. Today the town produces more energy than it can consume, creating extra revenue with sales. An energy plant opened last week has attracted investors from Sweden, Germany and France, the town’s mayor says.
Dollar drops as China urges new architecture
NEW YORK - As the People’s Bank of China calls for the International Monetary Fund to manage more of member countries’ foreign exchange reserves, the dollar declines. The debate over the greenback’s global status is enough to sell it, says an analyst. Meanwhile, the Swiss franc also declines against the euro and the US dollar.
Japanese analyst urges an IMF deal
ISTANBUL - Calls from European and American analysts for Turkey to sign a deal with the International Monetary Fund are strengthened by similar advise from Yoshihiko Tamura, a Japanese analyst at the Japan Credit Agency. Turkey needs foreign funding to close its widening budget gap, he says.
Emerging market bonds return 3.4 pct
NEW YORK - Encouraged by the higher commodity prices and international bailouts Argentina and Ukraine carry emerging market bonds to the top. The average yield spread on emerging market dollar bonds has narrowed 84 basis points this month to 4.46 percentage points, according to JPMorgan
Declining Libor masks distrust between banks
LONDON - The London interbank offered rate, or Libor, is a benchmark rate for everything from mortgages to company borrowing costs. It boomed in the aftermath of the Lehman collapse, but last week the rate was 0.66 percent. The fall is seen as a sign of healing, but the high rates big banks charge each other for credit shows the crisis of trust is not over yet
Consumer spending drops 1.2 pct in UK
LONDON - Final figures show gross domestic product in Britain declines 1.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, while inventories decline $9.4 billion. Consumer spending plummets 1.2 percent as investment declines 3.8 percent. Despite the grim figures, many economists say the recession has hit the bottom.
Eurozone contracts at record pace in Q1
FRANKFURT - Gross domestic product in the 16-member eurozone drops 2.5 percent in the first quarter of the year, compared to the last quarter of 2008. As European exports are curbed and domestic demand wanes, companies are forced to cut jobs. Eastern European economies are also battered, official figures show
More states hit by flu as cases surpass 5,000
ISTANBUL - The number of global swine flu cases passes 5,000, according to the WHO, as the virus spreads to three more nations in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The new strain could have sickened 23,000 people in Mexico alone before anyone realized it was an epidemic, shows a study
Swine flu could return with a vengeance: WHO
ISTANBUL - Despite optimism over deadly the swine flu outbreak emanating from its epicenter, a second wave of the virus may come back harder, the WHO chief warns. H1N1 fears also prompt a diplomatic row between China and Mexico over discrimination against Mexicans by quarantining them
U.S. President Obama's top adviser praises Turkey on Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Former NATO commander, who oversaw the Western alliance's operations in Afghanistan between 2003-2007, says in a press conference, that Turkey has a very special role in the region, after President Obama announced the United States' new Afghanistan policy.
Youngsters want better education all around world
ISTANBUL - World Water Youth Forum, organized for the 4th time within the 5th World Water Forum, brought together hundreds of youngsters from around the world. They discussed the same themes as the participants of the Forum but they already have a concrete solution to world's water problem: They want better education all around the world
