Should employers give staff more holidays?

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An Auckland firm is seizing the initiative in boosting public holidays for its workers, and is urging other businesses to follow suit.

About 40 staff at Peddle Thorp Architects will enjoy a long weekend as the business provides a paid day off to break up the long haul between Queen's Birthday and Labour Weekend.

The gesture is being lauded by unions as beneficial for all, but employer groups say it will only work if businesses choose to do it rather than being pressured to.

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