#1. Microsoft and UnitedHealth offer companies free app to screen employees for coronavirus
#2. New Zealand Prime Minister opens door to 4-day working week
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has recently floated the idea of shifting to a four-day working week to boost domestic tourism that has been severely impacted by the pandemic. Speaking on a Facebook Live video the Prime Minister hinted that COVID-19 may be an opportunity to rethink the way we work to help the local economy. She said: “I encourage people, if they’re an employer and in a position to do so, to think about whether or not [a four-day week] is something that would work for their workplace, because it certainly would help tourism all around the country”. The World Economic Forum explains that a four-day working week that would not lead to a reduction of people’s income would boost tourism as workers would have more leisure time to explore their own country at the time when travel aboard remains limited.
Watch the video here.