IELTS WRITING TASK 2:- Unemployment is one of the most serious problems facing developed nations today. What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of reducing the working week to thirty five hours?

Essay topic:- Unemployment is one of the most serious problems facing developed nations today. What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of reducing the working week to thirty five hours?

Unemployment is a burning issue of all the countries and hollowing the spirit of youth like termites. To employee people, a solution suggested by many is to decrease the working hours of current employees. This remedy offers some merits and demerits. 

The predominant advantage of this policy will be for unemployed workers who will get job because to finish work or to complete deadlines, more workers will be recruited which gives them chance to show their capabilities and become employed. With this, they will be able to fulfill their desires and earn bread and butter for their families. Moreover, not only masses get employed, current wagers will get free time in which they can pursue their hobbies for relaxation and spend some quality time with their families. This will help to rejuvenate them to work hard with fresh energy in their next working shift. This method helps to increase productivity of workers as happy workers will give best idea to foster business and take company to new heights. 

Turning to the only disadvantage it offers. Less working hours is directly proportional to the salary they will get. Employees get salary according to the working hours. When working hours will be reduced, the salary will also lessen but this is overshadowed by the time the workers will get to spend with the family and if they are not getting time for them then, money is worthless.

At the tip of iceberg, every coin has two sides same as this reducing working hours has both merits and demerits but the former one over-weighs the latter. Still, before implementing this system, government should try to minimize its demerit so that employees can get maximum benefit from this.

Vocab:-  Advantages:- Merits, Benefits. 

              Disadvantages:- demerits, Drawbacks. 

             Reduce:- Decrease, Minimize,lessen. 

             Salary:- Remuneration, pay. 

             Overshadow:- Over-weigh, eclipsed. 

             Workers:- Employees, Wagers. 

             Hobbies:- Leisure time activities, past time activities. 

             Family and friends:- near and dear ones. 

              Nations:- Countries