By Charlotte Karp For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 05:48 BST, 11 June 2019 | Updated: 05:48 BST, 11 June 2019
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One company have given their employees a four-day working week while paying them for five, and the results suggest more companies should consider it.
Australian Digital Agency, Versa, started trialing a four-day working week a year ago by closing the office on Wednesdays, and it was so successful they made the change permanent.
'Our profits went up' Versa CEO Kath Blackham told Today Tonight. 'We're up 46 percent in terms of revenue, and our staff retention is 20 percent better than it was last year.'
Australian Digital Agency, Versa, started trialling a four-day working week a year ago by closing the office on Wednesdays, and it was so successful they made the change permanent.
The four day working week is backed by experts like Professor Lyndall Strazdins from the Australian National University