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Hundreds of Swedish workers are trialling a six-hour working day in the hopes that it will cut sick leave and save the country money. 几百名瑞典员工正在测试6小时工作制，希望借此减少员工请病假、提高工作效率，以缩减国家开支。 In an experiment, workers in one government department in Gothenburg are to be put on to six-hour days on full pay, while workers in another department will work a standard seven-hour day. 在测试中，哥德堡市的政府部门工作人员工作6小时并拿全薪，而另一各部门的员工则仍需坚持7小时标准工作时间。 Mats Pilhem, Left Party deputy mayor of Gothenburg, hopes the six-hour staff will take fewer sick days, and have better physical and mental health as a result. 马茨·皮尔赫姆是哥德堡左翼党副市长，他希望6小时工作制可以减少员工病假，促进员工身心健康。 Speaking to The Local, he said: 'We think it's time to give this a real shot in Sweden. 在接受Local网站的采访中，他说：“我们认为是时候给瑞典一个改变的机会了。” He claimed that a car manufacturer in the city had trialled the six-hour day with promising results. 他还说哥德堡一家汽车生产商已经测试了6小时工作制，效果喜人。 He added that in other sectors, such as social care, the problem was not a lack of employees but people working inefficiently over the course of a long shift. | 
