06-06-2022, 10:19 PM
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/wo...-trial-u-k
A pilot program testing the concept of a four-day workweek launched in the U.K. Monday in what is being touted as the world's largest study yet in a growing movement pushing for slashing workers' hours by 20% without cutting their pay.
More than 70 companies employing over 3,300 people will participate in the six-month study, allowing the workers to reduce their weekly hours on the job from 40 to 32 for the same amount of compensation. The employees are being asked to maintain 100% productivity.
The nonprofit 4 Day Work Week Global is leading the trial in conjunction with the 4 Day Week Campaign and the think tank Autonomy. It involves researchers from Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College.
One of the companies participating in the pilot is Bookishly, which made the decision to close up shop on Wednesdays to give their staff a free paid day off each week and expressed optimism about the outcome.
I have to admit, I'm still rather skpetical of the whole "cutting hours by 20% without cutting pay" thing. It doesn't surprise me that it'd boost employees' motivation at first... but, I would expect that to fade over time, with productivity eventually going back to normal.
Still, if it does work out, then I guess more businesses will have to consider adopting it!
A pilot program testing the concept of a four-day workweek launched in the U.K. Monday in what is being touted as the world's largest study yet in a growing movement pushing for slashing workers' hours by 20% without cutting their pay.
More than 70 companies employing over 3,300 people will participate in the six-month study, allowing the workers to reduce their weekly hours on the job from 40 to 32 for the same amount of compensation. The employees are being asked to maintain 100% productivity.
The nonprofit 4 Day Work Week Global is leading the trial in conjunction with the 4 Day Week Campaign and the think tank Autonomy. It involves researchers from Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College.
One of the companies participating in the pilot is Bookishly, which made the decision to close up shop on Wednesdays to give their staff a free paid day off each week and expressed optimism about the outcome.
I have to admit, I'm still rather skpetical of the whole "cutting hours by 20% without cutting pay" thing. It doesn't surprise me that it'd boost employees' motivation at first... but, I would expect that to fade over time, with productivity eventually going back to normal.
Still, if it does work out, then I guess more businesses will have to consider adopting it!
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