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Joe Ryle, director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, said: “With 50 per cent more free time and no loss in pay, a four-day week gives people the freedom to live happier, more fulfilling lives ...
The study was released Wednesday by Autonomy, a think tank that ran the 2022 trial with nonprofit 4 Day Week Global and the 4 Day Week UK Campaign in partnership with researchers from Cambridge ...
Ahead of July’s election, the 4 Day Week Campaign called on political parties to back a reduction of the maximum working week from 48 hours to 32 by the end of the decade, with no loss of pay.
The five-day workweek is a cultural norm; the result of early 1900s union advocacy to reduce the six-day workweek, which led to the invention of the weekend.In the early 20th century, when the average work week in developed nations was reduced from around 60 to 40 hours, it was expected that further decreases would occur over time.
A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain, billed as the world's largest, has found that an overwhelming majority of the 61 companies that participated from June to December will keep going with ...
At the halfway point of a six-month U.K. trial, 88% of respondents said the four-day workweek is working well, 4 Day Week Global reported.
Asda, one of the UK’s largest supermarkets, discontinued a trial for staff to work 44 hours over four, rather than five days, for the same pay, because staff found the 11-hour shifts too ...
The experience prompted the formation of the 4 Day Week Global Campaign [52] and the appointment of a CEO, Charlotte Lockhart, in September 2019. The successful completion of the trial saw Barnes appearing extensively in both New Zealand and international media.