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ALL IN A WEEK’S WORK
Healthcare software provider Vantage Technologies has used OECD data to calculate the countries with the
shortest average working week, the top ten of which are located in Europe. The UK ranked 32nd at 42.3 hours.
DENMARK: 37.8 HOURS 14 NORWAY: 38.2 HOURS NETHERLANDS: 38.7 HOURS SWEDEN: 39.7 HOURS LITHUANIA: 40.1 HOURS
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FINLAND: 40.2 HOURS GERMANY: 40.2 HOURS LATVIA: 40.2 HOURS
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FRANCE: 40.3 HOURS 10
ESTONIA: 40.4 HOURS Source: Vantage Technologies, March 2021
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VACCINE PASSPORTS: STATE OF PLAY
AS VACCINATIONS ARE ROLLED OUT WORLDWIDE, discussions continue about the possibility of having some kind of digital document to prove that travellers are protected against Covid-19. Although they are often referred to as “passports”, none of these apps are actual
passports – instead they are “passes” that hold information regarding the Covid-19 health status of travellers such as test results and, eventually, vaccinations. The passes are likely to appear as apps on phones and would have to be recognised by individual governments to allow international travel. To find out more
about the different passes on trial at the moment, the problems with introducing them and some of the arguments against adopting them, visit businesstraveller. com/features
IN - FLIGHT ENT ERTAINMENT Our tips to make time fly by
LISTEN: The Food Chain This weekly podcast by BBC World Service explores the business, science and cultural importance of food, with 30 minute episodes tackling topics such as lockdown food fails, robot fruit pickers and the power of food emojis. The podcast also includes “My life in five dishes” episodes with guests including chefs Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi and Asma Khan. Free to download.
READ: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates Released in February, this
bestselling book by the Microsoft mogul explores ways to prevent the impending climate catastrophe, setting out proposals for how
the world can reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Drawing on his tech expertise, Gates looks at how technology is already helping to reduce carbon emissions and what further breakthroughs are needed. Penguin; £20.
WATCH: Nomadland This award-winning film debuted on Disney Plus’s new Star channel at the end of April ahead of its planned theatrical release in cinemas in May. Based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 book of the same name and directed by Chloé Zhao, it stars Francis McDormand as a woman who packs up her belongings in a van and becomes a modern-day nomad, exploring the landscape of the American West after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada. Available to Disney Plus subscribers at no additional cost.
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