Our whole economy in general is hampered by poor productivity, low entrepreneurship and a critical lack of economic diversity.
We export rocks and import everything else.
Flexiweek will speed up home construction, deliver more public services and supercharge the economy.
(Excluding Conservative Electorates – see One Country, Two Systems)
Weekends when you want
30 Days annual leave when you want
Under Flexi Week employees choose when to take their weekends and have ten days added to their annual leave entitlements.
Religious persons may choose days relevant to their religion. Other persons may choose days relevant to them, like cup day. (Australia Day to move to 9th of May1 )
Recreational activities which are better kept separate can be steered towards different days, the above is one option.
- Basis of May 9th for Australia Day (Independent Australia)
- Two 4-day education weeks are proposed with longer hours per day than now. On Thursday both A and B students are on campus for assemblies and sport.
Benefits
- Immediate 20 to 30% boost in home construction
- Australia is a better place to employ labour and locate capital equipment.
- All services are available everyday (leveraging our multicultural community).
- Utilisation of hospitals, schools, roads, trains, trams, buses, factories, parks & beaches are all optimised saving billions.
- Significant transport emissions savings when coupled with the right to Work From Home where that is reasonable.
Penalty Rates → Standard Pay
Since one day is now the same as any other it doesn’t make sense to pay penalty rates for particular days.
What was paid as penalty rates must be added to regular wages for workers participating in Flexiweek. (Fair Work & the unions will need to enforce that!)
WFH as a right
We also advocate Work From Home as a right where feasible.
- Reduce transport emissions
- More family-friendly
- More flexible for business
- Tax system to favour 4 days / week rather than 5 to help share available work around.
20% to 30% Productivity Boost
The gains vary by sector and State but there is a large gain in capital utilization with Flexiweek.
Building sites would not be idle for 20 to 30% of the time.
| Shutdowns | Shutdown days | Total Days |
|---|---|---|
| Weekends & RDO’s | 2 x 52 | 104 of 365 |
| Public holidays | 10 | 10 of 365 |
| Total | 114 of 365 | |
| Approx. percentage days lost | 30% |