“I think, of course, we need to discuss this proposal comprehensively. In the event that people lead a healthy lifestyle, if there is something to take leisure, if there is fullness of the inner world, there are close people, a family to take care of, then why not, ”Skvortsova said in an interview with RIA Novosti on the Vostochny site economic forum.
Earlier, the Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maxim Oreshkin assessed the prospects for the transition to a four-day working week. According to him, this will become possible with the growth of population incomes.
The head of the Ministry of Labor of Russia Maxim Topilin also said that the transition to a four-day work week is possible in the long term.
The scientific director of the Department of Labor Economics and Personnel at Moscow State University, Riorita Kolosova, in an interview with Nation News, commented on the idea of a four-day work week.