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Consumer goods giant Unilever plans to test a four-day working week in New Zealand, giving staff a chance to slash their hours by 20% without hurting their pay.

The Dove soap, Marmite and Lipton tea owner said it was exploring what the results could mean for Unilever "on a broader scale in the future”.

The trial comes as the pandemic has shaken up work practices. Nick Bangs, managing director of Unilever New Zealand, said the goal of the test was to "measure performance on output not time”.

語言點

1. consumer goods giant 消費品巨頭

· giant n. 巨頭；巨人

· business giant 商業巨頭

· technology giant 科技巨頭

2. test v. 測試，試行；測驗

· The Ferrari team wanted to test their new car on the racetrack.

法拉利車隊想在賽道上測試新車。

3. working week 工作周(英式)

· workweek 工作周(美式)

4. slash v. 減少，縮減(cut/reduce) n. 斜杠

· slash by＋數字 縮減了……

· The workforce has been slashed by 50%.

勞動力被削減了50%。

5. sth. comes as… 表示正值……之時，某事發生了

6. shake up (在公司、組織等等方面)做出調整，重組(to make many changes in something, such as a company or organization etc.)

· The new CEO shook up the company by asking some senior managers to leave.

這位新任CEO辭退了部分高管，以此重組整個公司。

7. performance /pərˈfɔrməns/ n. 表現

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