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3 days, 18 hours ago

Cold front & rain more likely than White Christmas in the Netherlands next week

NL Times

As the holiday season approaches, the weather in the Netherlands is expected to take a colder turn next week, with fluctuating temperatures and frequent rain showers. According to KNMI, starting Monday, December 23, you can expect a mix of cloudy skies and scattered rain showers, with temperatures ranging from 6 to 8 degrees. Friday, December 27, will mark the end …

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Narayana Murthy defends 70-hour workweek idea' Indians have a lot to do'

Hindustan Times

Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys, has justified his statement about a 70-hour workweek. Murthy said young people need to understand that "we have to work hard and work towards making India number one". Narayana Murthy made the remarks while speaking at the centenary celebration of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in West Bengal's Kolkata, a city he called "the …

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Narayana Murthy defends 70-hour workweek philosophy again, says ‘800 million Indians get free ration’

Live Mint

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has reiterated his stance on the importance of a 70-hour workweek, urging young people to embrace hard work for the betterment of India. During his visit to Kolkata, which he described as "the most cultured place in the entire country," Murthy emphasised the need for Indians to strive for excellence. We have to set our aspirations …

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1 week ago

Narayana Murthy explains why he wants 70-hour workweek, again

India TV News

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has once again backed his call for a 70-hour work week. Comparing the Indian workforce with the global working culture, Murthy said, "we have to work hard and work towards making India number one". He further asked to compare the Indians with the best global companies and said, "We have a lot to do." The 70-hour …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Can Tokyo’s four-day workweek from 2025 help tackle the population crisis?

Firstpost

The Tokyo government will allow employees to work four days a week, starting April 2025. The birth rate in Tokyo stands at 0.99, well below the replacement rate of 2.1 needed to sustain the population Toyo also announced a another policy which will allow parents with children in grades one to three in elementary schools to trade off a portion …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Tokyo government gives workers 4-day workweek to boost fertility, family time

CNN

Tokyo CNN — The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees, in its latest push to help working mothers and boost record-low fertility rates. “We will review work styles … with flexibility, ensuring no one has to give up their career due to life events such as childbirth or childcare,” said Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Big differences in wages between full-time and part-time minimum wage earners

NL Times

Changes to tax policies in 2025 will lead to significant differences in how much minimum wage workers in the Netherlands benefit from salary increases, with full-time workers seeing much larger net pay increases than their part-time counterparts, according to an analysis by HR service provider Visma Raet. Minimum wage workers with full-time schedules of 36 to 40 hours a week …

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1 month ago

‘Work-life balance is incredibly important…’: Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji stresses importance of work-life balance

Live Mint

Wipro Ltd's Executive Chairman Rishad Premji, at a fireside chat on the first day of the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2024, highlighted the importance of work-life balance and shared his learnings with people, The Economic Times reported on Wednesday, November 20. Premji focused on his learnings about work-life balance in the early days before COVID-19 and said that it is something …

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1 month ago

CEO is the lowest-paid employee of a start-up, says Greptile’s Daksh Gupta who advocated 84-hour workweek

Live Mint

Daksh Gupta, CEO and co-founder of Greptile, a Y-Combinator-backed AI start-up based in San Francisco, shot to fame recently for a long post he wrote on the 'X' platform where he wrote about his start-up's culture of long working hours. Although Gupta, who graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology last year, is based in the US, he is currently visiting …

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1 month ago

Opinion: What’s missing from the Latino vote debate? The voice of Latinas

LA Times

Postelection analyses continue to ignore the political and economic power of Latinas. The polls indicate that a majority of Latino men supported the Republican presidential ticket for the first time since data on Latino voters have been collected, and the share of Latina voters supporting the Democratic ticket has narrowed over the last three cycles with Trump as the Republican …

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1 month ago

Indian-origin CEO claims he got death threats over 84-hour workweek policy

India Today

An Indian-origin CEO of an AI startup claimed that he has received multiple “death threats” after sharing that his company operates on an 84-hour workweek with “no work-life balance.” Daksh Gupta, CEO of Greptile, sparked controversy after detailing the company’s intense work culture in a viral post. The internet reacted strongly, with many criticising Gupta for promoting a “toxic work …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Infosys founder Narayana Murthy on work-life balance and five-day workweek

The Hindu

Narayan Murthy triggers yet another controversy while remaining unapologetic about his ‘70-hour workweek’ comment, which received widespread criticism. “I don’t believe in work-life balance,” Mr. Murthy stated during the CNBC Global Leadership Summit. When his Cabinet Ministers are working very hard, when his bureaucrats are all working very hard, the only way we can show our appreciation for all these …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Narayana Murthy defends 6-day workweek call: 'Will take this with me to my grave'

Firstpost

At CNBC-TV18’s Global Leadership Summit, Infosys founder Narayana Murthy said that he does not believe in work-life balance and was disappointed when companies moved to five-day workweek from six-day workweek Infosys founder Narayana Murthy has yet again stoked frustrations among the working class with his views on India’s work culture. After triggering outrage over his views that young workers must …

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Narayana Murthy defends 6-day workweek, sparks debate; netizens say ‘If paid enough then…’

Live Mint

Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy advocated for a six-day workweek. “When PM Modi is working 100 hours a week, the only way to show our appreciation for the things that are happening around us is by our work,” Murthy said. One user commented on Instagram, “The man doesn’t know work life balance because he himself don’t have to cook, clean …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'I’m Not Taking Back My View': Narayana Murthy Reaffirms Stance Against Work-Life Balance

ABP News

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has strongly reaffirmed his support for a six-day workweek on Thursday, emphasising that India’s economic progress depends on a culture of hard work and commitment. While speaking at CNBC Global Leadership Summit, Murthy recalled a remark by KV Kamath, Independent Director and Non-Executive Chairman of Jio Financial Services, who once stated that given India's status as …

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1 month, 1 week ago

I'll take this with me to grave: Narayana Murthy defends 6-day workweek view

India Today

Infosys co-founder N Narayana Murthy said hardwork is more important than work-life balance and stood by his six-day workweek view that had generated social media opprobrium, saying the country’s progress hinged on encouraging a culture of hard work. “When PM Modi is working that hard, the only way to show our appreciation for what’s happening around us is by working …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Worked 90-hour weeks': CEO says work-life balance is not for start-up founders

Hindustan Times

A billionaire co-founder and a CEO has a simple message for aspiring entrepreneurs: work-life balance is a myth, especially in the early stages of building a company. Todd Graves, Raising Cane’s co-founder and CEO "Work-life balance isn’t for entrepreneurs," Todd Graves, Raising Cane’s co-founder and CEO, told CNBC Make It, explaining that the commitment required to build a business is …

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2 months ago

Amazon's 5-Day Workweek Policy Sparks Debate, While TSMC Soars on Strong AI Demand

The Hindu

Amazon's new 5-day-per-week in-office policy has sparked controversy, with employees expressing their mixed opinions. Worldcoin is scaling up its iris-scanning project, introducing a new version of their orb device with enhanced features and privacy enhancements. TSMC's stock soars on strong AI demand, with the company predicting continued growth in the sector.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

One nation’s plan for success: Work less and make more babies

LA Times

A currency trader stands near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index and foreign exchange rates at the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul last month. More than 60% of South Koreans in the labor force favor a four-day workweek, according to a survey last month by local polling company Global Research. Last year, Severance Hospital, one of …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

I’m a Heavy Sleeper, So I Tried 5 Clocks That Shock and Roll

Wired

Heavy sleepers know how easy it is to snooze through the overly genteel alarms on your phone. For people who can’t get out of bed without a bigger jolt, extreme alarms have popped up in recent years—from relatively simple puzzle-alarm phone apps to alarms on wheels to alarms that shake the bed. I’m a very heavy sleeper, so I tried …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Kotak boss Nilesh Shah proposes 84-hour workweek, economist Sanjeev Sanyal says ‘it is doable’

Hindustan Times

After NR Narayana Murthy’s 70-hour workweek remark, Nilesh Shah - CEO of Kotak AMC - said that one generation of Indians must work 84 hours a week to “accelerate India’s growth” and “transfer everyone to middle and upper-income levels”. Shah made this remark about longer work hours being beneficial for India’s growth during the podcast “Invest Aaj For Kal with …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

New law promises retail workers in unincorporated L.A. County ‘fair workweek’

LA Times

Angelica Belmont, 35, a CVS shift supervisor, said she benefited from a fair workweek ordinance passed by the city of Los Angeles in 2022. Workers at big retail and grocery stores in unincorporated L.A. County can retain a little more control over their schedules — and rely a little less on managers’ whims — starting next summer. Like the city’s …

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9 months ago

Column: The eight-hour workday was the paramount goal of unions in the 1800s. Is the four-day workweek next?

LA Times

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain testified to a Senate committee on March 14 that a four-day workweek would benefit his members and millions of other workers. They say, ‘I wish I had more time.’ — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain Are you surprised that big employers would fight a shorter workweek for their employees? They always say it’s …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies benefit?

Associated Press

The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of time many Americans can work each week before they’re owed overtime. GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said paying workers the same wages for …

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Cold front & rain more likely than White Christmas in the Netherlands next week

Narayana Murthy defends 70-hour workweek idea' Indians have a lot to do'

Narayana Murthy defends 70-hour workweek philosophy again, says ‘800 million Indians get free ration’

Narayana Murthy explains why he wants 70-hour workweek, again

Can Tokyo’s four-day workweek from 2025 help tackle the population crisis?

Tokyo government gives workers 4-day workweek to boost fertility, family time

Big differences in wages between full-time and part-time minimum wage earners

‘Work-life balance is incredibly important…’: Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji stresses importance of work-life balance

CEO is the lowest-paid employee of a start-up, says Greptile’s Daksh Gupta who advocated 84-hour workweek

Opinion: What’s missing from the Latino vote debate? The voice of Latinas

Indian-origin CEO claims he got death threats over 84-hour workweek policy

Infosys founder Narayana Murthy on work-life balance and five-day workweek

Narayana Murthy defends 6-day workweek call: 'Will take this with me to my grave'

Narayana Murthy defends 6-day workweek, sparks debate; netizens say ‘If paid enough then…’

'I’m Not Taking Back My View': Narayana Murthy Reaffirms Stance Against Work-Life Balance

I'll take this with me to grave: Narayana Murthy defends 6-day workweek view

'Worked 90-hour weeks': CEO says work-life balance is not for start-up founders

Amazon's 5-Day Workweek Policy Sparks Debate, While TSMC Soars on Strong AI Demand

One nation’s plan for success: Work less and make more babies

I’m a Heavy Sleeper, So I Tried 5 Clocks That Shock and Roll

Kotak boss Nilesh Shah proposes 84-hour workweek, economist Sanjeev Sanyal says ‘it is doable’

New law promises retail workers in unincorporated L.A. County ‘fair workweek’

Column: The eight-hour workday was the paramount goal of unions in the 1800s. Is the four-day workweek next?

Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies benefit?