The founder of one of the first big companies to switch to a four-day working week has called on others to follow, in this piece by The Guardian. The owner of Perpetual Guardian, a New Zealand financial services company has claimed it has resulted in a 20% rise in productivity, and has appeared to have helped increase profits and improved staff wellbeing.

RTE reports that Sinn Féin is to table a motion of no confidence in Minister for Health Simon Harris over the significant cost overrun at the national children's hospital. The party's leader, Mary Lou McDonald, said there had to be political accountability. Meanwhile Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has claimed the overrun in costs for the National Children’s Hospital is as a result of experts underestimating the budget needed.

An employment law specialist has raised concerns over employment contracts signed by self-employed contractors with the online take-away delivery platform Deliveroo. Solicitor Richard Grogan has reviewed the contract Deliveroo issues to its couriers here.He said he had concerns about the rate at which part-time couriers, many of whom are students, are registered as self-employed both for tax purposes and for their own protection.

The governments of Ireland and Britain have guaranteed the continued payment of state pensions, child benefit and other social welfare payments in the event of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal. Thousands of people living here get pensions and other payments from Britain, while Ireland also pays people who live in the UK however, a legally binding agreement has now been signed by the two governments.

Mandate trade union expects to get between €60,000 and €70,000 for their members in PaddyPower/Betfair following after a ruling in a dispute over the denial of rest breaks for staff. This comes following a second tranche of decisions by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on Tuesday, ordering Paddy Power to pay 11 workers a cumulative €10,100 in compensation for the denial of rest breaks.

Senator Ged Nash has called on the Fine Gael government to stop stonewalling Community Employment (CE) Scheme Supervisors and to engage in meaningful discussions on a pension scheme for those who run CE programmes. Labour’s Employment Affairs & Social Protection Spokesperson said that the spirit and letter of the 2008 Labour Court recommendation on a pension scheme for these workers who, he said, manage extremely important social programmes across the country, must be respected and implemented.

Our Zen this morning is some sugary-pop goodness, admittedly not for everyone. Kylie Minogue hit No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Should Be So Lucky' on this day in 1988.