Today on this Presidents' Day edition of Midday, guest host Jayne Miller, the award-winning former WBAL-TV investigative reporter who retired last summer, begins a three-day stint in the Midday host chair while Tom Hall is away.

Our focus today: the future of work.

The pandemic has had a lasting impact on how people work, when they work and where they want to work. Remote and hybrid options are becoming permanent changes to more traditional work schedules.

But picture this option:only four days of work per week. The Maryland Legislature is now considering a bill to start a 4-day work week pilot.

Joining Jayne to discuss that prospect is the bill’s sponsor– Senator Shelly Hettleman, who represents District 11 (Baltimore County) in Annapolis.

Jayne speaks next with Dr. Roger Ward, Provost at the University of Maryland at Baltimore, about his leadership of UMB's Future of Work Task Force, which has been studying a wide range of work scenarios, and plans to release their final report by this summer.

Governor Wes Moore often speaks of the large number of vacancies in public sector jobs, but what can be done to attract more applicants and fill these openings?

Jayne's final guest today is Patrick Moran, president of AFSCME Council 3, the union that represents state and higher education employees. Mr. Moran discusses the new challenges of finding people to fill important jobs in the public sector.

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