- 200 companies in the United Kingdom have registered for a 4 -day work week
- The measure follows successful tests worldwide
- The productivity and well -being of workers are expected to increase
For 5,000 lucky workers, the four -day work week approached another step.
The 4 -day week campaign has revealed that 200 companies have now registered for a permanent work week of four days without loss of payment for staff.
There is representation of some different sectors in this promise, with 18 arts and design signatures, together with engineering and manufacturing (12) recruitment and HR (12), entertainment (9), accounting, banking and finance (8) and development of properties , Ompith & Construction (6) All records.
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The trend between technological companies in 2024 was generally the opposite, with companies such as Amazon leading the burden of reversing hybrid work to issue return to work orders.
But four-day work week activists accelerate change as a “win-win”, with greater productivity for employers, and happier and best rested employees. In fact, the South Cambridgeshire district council ordered the policy, and still has more than 600 employees who work in the division, and the Council affirms that this has improved services in general.
It is no secret that the United Kingdom is in the midst of a productivity crisis, and the Lab lower levels of exhaustion and stress between employees.
“British workers put some of the longest working hours full in Europe, but we still have one of the least productive economies,” says the campaign group.
“A four -day week also benefits society in general. Changing the economy to a 32 -hour work week without loss of payment could reduce the carbon footprint of the United Kingdom up to 127 million tons per year. ”
In other parts of the world, Panasonic tested a four -day work week in 2022 in an attempt to reduce tension in Japanese workers.
Taking into account the success and popularity of hybrid work, four -day work week could be the next natural step.
