Four-day week of work on Fridays. In 2016, a IT company in Romania, declared Monday as a day-off. As a result of reducing with 20% of working time, Friday has become much more productive. The employees said that three days off actually means 50% more free time then before. In New Zealand, trust company Perpetual Guardian announced in February 2018 that it would begin trialing a four-day work week in March 2018. Unlike many four-day week initiatives which require staff to work longer days for the same pay, or receive less pay, Perpetual Guardian’s plan, instigated by founder Andrew Barnes, saw the
Italian Week attention to Italian and Queensland actuality. For the first time, cities other than Brisbane such as Ipswich, Sunshine Coast, Cairns took part in the celebration showing a first attempt to export the festival involving other areas of Queensland and attaining a wider public in Australia. Events in Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and Cairns enriched the Brisbane program with more than 70 events counted from 20 May to 4 June. The selected topic for 2011 was Dolce far Niente, that means “the sweetness of doing nothing”. This concept is the Italian awareness of enjoying one's leisure time dedicated your attention to the