Murrumbidgee Council said the trial was aimed at improving productivity and helping attract workers. Under the plan, Murrumbidgee Council employees would still work a 38-hour week, but their hours would be compressed into four days across council offices, the depot, library and work crews in Darlington Point, Coleambally and Jerilderie. Camera Icon Murrumbidgee Council plans to compress a 38-hour week into four working days under a 15-month trial. Murrumbidgee Council Credit: Supplied Source KnownThe decision places Murrumbidgee Council at the centre of a much larger debate about how Australians work, but the local authority’s proposal is more targeted than the wider push from unions for shorter standard hours with no loss of pay. The move follows staff and community consultation that found 75 per cent of staff supported the compressed work week.