Use of English PRO

An international newspaper has recently published an article stating that people should have more leisure time. The (0) WORKING week seems too long for some employees, while others insist (1) ............ having longer holiday periods. However, many company directors (2) ............ to accept these ideas. Most of them stated that if people (3) ............ more free time, they would spend it in front of the TV set, (4) ............ of doing something more useful, and working (5) ............ time would drastically (6) ............ the productivity of their companies. A possible alternative would be to work (7) ............ home one day in the week through the Internet. This would certainly help workers to avoid waiting for trains or buses, or having to sit in traffic (8) ............ at least once a week, making up for lost free time on the other days.