The global trend towards a 4-day workweek is gaining momentum, with countries like the UAE and Sharjah adopting reduced work hours with full pay.

About 78% of employees report feeling happier and less stressed with a 4-day workweek.

A 4-day workweek improves employee well-being and productivity, with companies seeing cost savings and up to a 20% productivity increase.

Meeting customer demands is a challenge for companies implementing a 4-day workweek, especially in industries like healthcare and customer service.

Companies can address challenges by exploring flexible scheduling options, such as working from home or a compact week system.

Technology, like automation and AI, can support a 4-day workweek by streamlining operations and maintaining productivity.

Implementing a 4-day workweek requires careful consideration of its benefits and challenges, as well as the needs of diverse employee groups.

A 4-day workweek can lead to improved well-being, productivity, and job satisfaction, as well as cost savings and increased efficiency.

Companies must carefully plan and monitor a 4-day workweek to meet employee, customer, and business needs.

Companies can use data analytics and key performance indicators (KPIs) like employee motivation, efficiency, and productivity to assess the success of a 4-day workweek model.

A 4-day workweek can reduce carbon emissions and help companies attract talent, with 80% finding it easier to recruit.

The 4-day workweek can improve employee well-being, productivity, and job satisfaction, while also increasing efficiency and reducing costs.

The global trend towards a 4-day workweek is gaining momentum, with countries like the UAE and Sharjah adopting reduced work hours with full pay.

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Content: The four-day work week is welcome, but some challenges remain

This shift has thrown up interesting questions on macro and micro levels that over time will need answering

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The sin of presenteeism is shaping up as a pre-pandemic anachronism, and the principal reason for this is not just remote working but an emerging historic global shift towards a shorter working week.

The global headaches from supply constraints following Covid-19 disruption have overshadowed equally profound changes in the labour market. For some bosses, there is rationing not just of the number of workers but the time they are willing to work. As people reassess their work-life balance, responsible employers and some countries are looking at the advantages of compressed hours on the job.

The UAE is a trailblazer in this regard, with most emirates having formally adopted a 4.5-day working model. Sharjah has gone further by opting for a four-day model. Reporting last week in this newspaper found that its residents said they are healthier and happier, enjoying more weekend flexibility and having more time with their families.

Many forecasts over recent years have been very wide of the mark about the economic trajectory of the big developed economies. The Resolution Foundation, a UK-based think tank that looks at work, points out that in analysing the pandemic, “many feared a house price bust, expected the inflation spike to be small/short-lived, said unemployment/insolvencies for workers/firms respectively would surge and claimed this would be a ‘she-cession’. None happened”.

Technology is the driver of all this, and the trend may over time become irresistible

Analysis of Google searches in the UK from an employment agency recently reported the four-day work week had gained popularity among people on the hunt for their next job opportunity. “Google searches for "4 day week jobs" exploded a spectacular 1,011 per cent in early 2022, when compared to 2021,” according to the firm’s research.

One of Britain’s biggest and best-known corporate brands, the department store M&S, has hired a well-known female executive who is a prominent four-day week champion, Katie Bickerstaffe. She said her role was compatible with shorter hours, even though it is a round-the-clock operation.

“We’re a seven-days-a-week, 24-hour operation and that’s what you do, but I’ve always done that [four days] because it gives me the freedom to spend some downtime with my kids and not feel that I don’t have the opportunity to do that during the week,” she explained.

The news coincided with the announcement that 70 UK companies had voluntarily joined a scheme to alter the working week basis of their business. Signing on to a pledge to pay 100 per cent of wages for 80 per cent of the hours worked means much more than just creating new rotas. It means altering the internal working patterns of the business and finding new ways to accommodate latency in the workforce.

Not everyone is convinced this can deliver a kind of workplace nirvana.

The Centre for Policy Studies carried out some research last year that estimated that a four-day week would have a big cost to the economy if productivity levels remained constant. The annual shortfall to the economy would be £45 billion ($55.42bn). On more generous calculations, if a 6 per cent increase in productivity could be achieved in the first decade of the reform, the loss overall could be pared back to £17bn. The analyst behind the figures believes the evidence for productivity gains from compressing hours and having shorter working weeks is extremely limited.

That is not much of an argument for not experimenting with shorter weeks. Employees already job-share and expect work-from-home arrangements throughout the work force. In office-based roles or project work, the flexibility to complete the workload that comes with the job most obviously lends itself to working with a defined, shorter time frame.

There are hurdles for other jobs. Customer-facing roles or service functions will still need to be provided across a far longer time-frame than four days or 32 hours. Unlike in Sharjah, there is no clear directive in the UK for a common day that extends the weekend. Indeed, many people working four days chose a non-consecutive day, such as Wednesday, for the non-working option.

Without the government plumping for Friday as part of a three-day weekend, it is likely that businesses will experience co-ordination both internally and with clients and supplies if substantial numbers in the workforce are missing in action for part of the working week.

There are also concerns around the equality of the development. Can it be true that more flexibility would allow women, in particular, to better balance childcare obligations and thus erode the disadvantage with men?

And as the work-from-home phenomenon has shown, the higher-paid employees have snapped up the main benefits from structural changes in how people work. There is little to suppose that this trend would not emerge from the four-day week.

Technology is, of course, the driver of all this, and the trend may over time become irresistible.

Certainly, the difficulties of drawing an absolute boundary between the working day and your time revolve around the fact that your email is always in your pocket on the phone. That is double-edged. It would be difficult for employers to play another card: offering people four days’ pay, not the salaried five.

Published: June 13, 2022, 4:00 AM

About 78% of employees report feeling happier and less stressed with a 4-day workweek.

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Content: Since June 1 this year, more than 3,000 employees from more than 60 companies in the United Kingdom have conducted a social experiment with a six-month “four-day work ”.
Since 2018, the non-profit organization of "4 Day Week Global" wants to test whether the public interest of "80% working time - 100% wages - 100% productivity" and "three days off a week, labor and management win" really exists.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak so far in 2020, many enterprises have adopted the method of “working from home, diverting work ”, and in the long process of the epidemic, working from home and working from home has become an emerging work style.
Since the end of the epidemic this year, many countries have returned to their original or new jobs, whether they are blue-collar and white-collar workers who have left or changed jobs.
However, in more than two years, the transformation of various workplaces in the enterprise to survive, and the labor compromise of "unpaid leave + retained work" have made more and more pioneer projects of "four days a week", and the industry category has become more and more diversified, becoming a new opportunity to promote.
Among them, the most representative is Iceland.
According to media reports in the middle of last year: “The three-day weekend experiment in Iceland has been a success, and workers ’ happiness and productivity have improved ”; the reason for this is:“ Employees face less workplace stress, anxiety, depression and exhaustion, and therefore work harder and take fewer sick days; workers feel more leisure time, and therefore are more committed to their work. ”
This conclusion, in addition to the ethical questions of the willingness of enterprises and workers to participate, and whether or not to remain anonymous, also requires the testing of more rigorous research methods, such as the length of the experiment, whether the industry type and size of the experiment is consistent, and the working tolerance of the workers involved in the experiment, are worthy of further investigation.
On the other hand, the three-day experiment, the success stories of Iceland, New Zealand, and British Columbia, Canada, did not clearly describe the type of industry, the development of the industry in each country, and whether the size of the enterprises in the industry varies greatly.
In addition, across all continents of the world, countries have different levels of economic development, industrial structures have their own characteristics, and the government originally conferred statutory labor rights and interests, are also different.
In addition to industries that are not suitable for at-home work, the sense of alienation of human relationships, the synergy of face-to-face communication, and whether innovation requires teamwork have become the focus of discussion.
On the front page of the “Four Days a Week Worldwide ” website, the home page shows where the current pioneer projects are located on every continent around the world. Surprisingly, Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia each launched at least five projects, but in Canada and the United States, there is only one pilot project.
Moreover, the website reveals that “working four days a week makes 78% of employees feel happier and less stressed. ”
It can also be seen that not only developed countries are promoting, in fact, more developing countries are also conducting experiments.
While there is a lack of a more convincing description of the experimental design, it is clear that this is indeed a possible new type of workplace.
Because of this, in addition to the pilot of national enterprises to cooperate with international non-profit organizations, there are also governments taking the lead in responding.
Spain ’ s leftist political party, once launched a “three days off ” policy in 2021, and the Spanish government agreed to test the new work system of“ 32 hours per week (8 hours per day) ” on a limited scale. 200 companies are willing to participate, and 3,000 to 6,000 workers benefit.
The result of such a trial gives more room for imagination to "take three days off every week, and employees will win both."
The social experiment of "80% of working hours - 100% of wages - 100% of productivity" has important policy significance for the harmony of labor relations and the long-term development of the economy.
"High working hours" does not mean "high productivity", which is the general consensus of the current society.
"Shorten working hours, wages unchanged", helps companies retain employees, perhaps without controversy; but whether it can also maintain 100% of the work output is questioned by the business community.
After the epidemic, "three days off a week, labor and management win" is applicable to some specific industry categories, and the nature of the work of individual employees may also be more widely distributed in various industries.
And the flexibility of working hours, the heterogeneity of the workplace, the universalization of work dispatch, and even the high expectations of the young generation for "enterprise decentralization" are all the help of "working four days a week", which may be a major challenge for enterprises in the future.
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What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

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Content: Four-day workweek’s popularity grew during the pandemic — survey

As companies scrambled during the COVID-19 outbreak to reorient their workplace procedures and processes, one idea that gained ground was a shorter workweek.

More businesses adopted a four-day week during the COVID-19 pandemic as the shift to remote working spurred a major rethinking of work practices, according to a poll of senior leaders at 500 UK businesses by the University of Reading’s Henley Business School.

The survey, an update to research from 2019, showed that 21% of respondents adopted a four-day workweek for all staff in 2021, up from 18% in 2019. The majority of respondents (65%) said a four-day workweek is in place for at least some of their workers, up from 50% who said that in 2019. A four-day workweek is defined in the report as involving a reduction from five to four workdays for the same pay or a compressed workweek with the same hours across four days instead of five.

Though a four-day workweek has gained popularity, the UK numbers are perhaps higher than expected; job posting site Indeed told Computerworld that less than 1% of job postings on March 11 included the term “four-day week,” for example. A Gallup survey of full-time U.S. employees in March 2020 — prior to the pandemic — indicated that only 5% put in four days a week, with the vast majority (84%) working five days (and 11% working six days each week).

That said, numerous organizations have adopted or trialled a shorter workweek for staff since the start of the pandemic, including firms such as Atom Bank, Bolt, Buffer, and Kickstarter. And pilot projects are under way in several countries, including the US, UK, and Spain.

Such projects are not new, of course; Microsoft launched a trial at its Japan offices in 2019 that resulted in higher productivity, for example, while the UK’s Wellcome Trust ran into issues around complexity with its own project the same year.

A shorter workweek has been talked about for decades, but a shift from the five-day, 40-hour week that has been the standard for over a century has so far failed to gain momentum.

What’s behind the recent interest in the idea? One reason is that the widespread, and largely successful, shift to remote work during the pandemic showed the benefits of a more flexible approach to work, said Rita Fontinha, associate professor in Strategic Human Resource Management at the University of Reading’s Henley Business School.

“The pandemic led to a situation where most firms were forced to implement remote work and this has accelerated previous discussions that we have been having over the last two decades on flexible working,” said Fontinha. “Working from home led to increased trust [between employers and employees] and awareness of other ways of measuring performance that go beyond presenteeism. The pandemic showed that flexibility works.”

Report highlights four-day week advantages

The Henley Business School survey pointed to several advantages for businesses that implemented a four-day workweek, including costs savings (66%), improved productivity (64%), better quality output from staff (64%), and  less-stressed workers (78%).

Improved employee wellbeing is connected to business outcomes too, said Jack E. Gold, founder and principal analyst at research firm J. Gold Associates.

“Keeping employees happy and motivated makes for far more productive employees, no matter what hours they work,” said Gold. “Maximizing employee productivity is a much more important way to gain business value than hours worked.”

Another benefit, noted by 68% of survey respondents that had adopted a four day week, involved hiring and retention. “People were less likely to take sick leave, people were more productive, and it was easier to attract new staff, and to retain them,” said Fontinha.

The so-called Great Resignation is also likely contributing to interest in a shorter workweek.

“What’s different now than prior to the pandemic is that we’re seeing a temporary spike in the difficulty that firms are having in hiring and retaining workers, and the four-day work week is a relatively easy benefit to extend to help ease the challenge in the short term,” said David Brodeur-Johnson, principal analyst at research firm Forrester.

A shorter workweek can mean challenges

The survey also highlighted several challenges around implementing a shorter workweek, though employer concerns have softened during the pandemic.

Among companies that did not offer a four-day week, 65% said they were worried staffing costs would outweigh any productivity benefits (though that number was down from 80%). The biggest challenge cited by employers was meeting customer demands (75%), while 70% thought a shorter week would be too complicated to manage.

Some companies may find a switch to a four-day week easier than others, said Fontinha. IT-focused firms are more likely to switch, she said, largely due to the relative ease with which tech worker output can be tracked in comparison with other roles. “Areas where we were less likely to see the four-day week were sectors that involve contact with customers, or healthcare, for example,” she said.

A shorter workweek is also more suited to companies with a relatively homogenous workforce in terms of job roles, she said, meaning large businesses with a diverse workforce may find a short workweek complicated to roll out. At the same time, the smallest companies might not have the resources to support the shift, said Fontinha, adding that there are steps all businesses can take to implement a four-day week, even if they are more gradual.

“Having this overnight shift to a four-day working week will be hard for smaller firms,” she said. “What we suggest is a progressive reduction in working hours, moving towards a four-day working week by assessing how things are going and how needs are being met, how productive people are.”

Even if the benefits outweigh the costs for many, businesses should consider their reasons for moving to a four-day week. While a shorter week provides clear benefits to work/life balance and employee wellbeing, Brodeur-Johnson warns against adopting a four-day week as a shortcut to improving employee experience. “[T]he science is clear that what really engages people is being able to make progress in meaningful work every day; to know that they can and are succeeding,” he said.

“Employee experience peaks when we can leave work knowing that we made a difference, and had a really good day," he said. "It also comes from having a supportive manager, a supportive team environment, and feeling recognized and seen uniquely for the work that we do.

“All of these things are much harder for businesses to do for their people, because it involves behavior changes, manager development, culture changes, deeper resourcing and more that a four-day work week won’t solve on its own.”

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New World Group announced that it will enhance family-friendly measures, including the implementation of “summer working days ”, a pilot 4.5-day working week, and one day per week working from home to allow employees to flexibly arrange their working hours and locations. This will be piloted in various business units of the Group from July to September this year.
New World Group will select suitable units, including New World Development, K11 and NWS Head Office, to implement the "summer working day" according to the business nature and actual operation conditions of each of its companies.
Employees can enjoy half-day holiday on Fridays when their salary remains unchanged.
Employees can also work remotely one day a week.
Working from home 1 day a week
The Group pointed out that the epidemic has brought about changes in the workplace environment so far, and enterprises can flexibly work mode and technology to cope with the new normal in the workplace; it is hoped that this arrangement will increase the motivation and efficiency of employees and achieve a win-win situation.
Human resources consultant Chow Yi-ping believes that due to the pressure of talent competition, the 4.5-day week may be emulated by large enterprises, but it is necessary to wait for its effectiveness before making a decision.
As for SMEs, because of the shortage of manpower and resources, and the impact of the epidemic, it is more difficult to make such arrangements.
As for working from home one day a week, Zhou believes that the popularity of the work week should be greater than that of the four-five-day work week. Since large and medium-sized enterprises have employees working from home under the epidemic, resistance to this is low.
As for the assessment of staff performance, Mr Chow believes that it will vary depending on the original intention of the company when formulating the policy. If the company believes that the 4.5-day week can improve staff efficiency, it may not reduce the expected workload of the staff.

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Nonviolent Implementation: When Russia Can Switch to Four Days
Deputy Nilov considers the transition to a four-day working week a near future
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Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Yaroslav Nilov (LDPR) said that the transition in Russia to a four-day working week is a matter of the near future.
He also noted that some enterprises of the country are already working in this format.
"The question of the near future"
“I believe that the transition from five to four working days is a matter of the near future.
Although some enterprises already work in this format - in the framework of remote or part-time employment.
Moreover, in the midst of the pandemic, this was one of the best solutions in the matter of preserving personnel and continuing the activities of the enterprise.
But the main condition here is a step-by-step evolution, not in any case a legislative-forced implementation.
In addition, it is necessary to take into account the specifics of the work of enterprises of a continuous cycle, there a shortened working week is initially impossible, ” Nilov told RIA Novosti.
According to him, for certain types and areas of business, the transition to a four-day period will mean a direct reduction in profits.
“My opinion is that the market itself will come to optimization where it is possible, artificial restrictions or, conversely, imposition will only harm, ” the politician said.
The parliamentarian noted that a normal balance between work and free time is quite possible, this was shown by the coronavirus pandemic.
In his opinion, in the conditions of technical improvement and with the introduction of artificial intelligence, part of the usual labor costs will be gradually shifted to equipment and technologies.
And this will allow you to free up time for “investing in yourself and your intelligence. ”
“There is a digital revolution going on in the world today.
Enterprises require less physical strength and more mental strength.
Man is transformed from a worker to a machine operator.
In this regard, another reform of working conditions is overdue, ” Nilov said.
Initiative 2019
Dmitry Medvedev spoke publicly about the possible transition to a four-day working week for the first time, speaking at the 108th session of the International Labour Organization in Geneva in early June 2019.
Then Medvedev held the post of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
“Employers will have to take more and more into account the interests of their employees.
It is very likely that the future lies in a four-day work week...
The constant pursuit of success turns into systemic fatigue, chronic stress.
Sometimes people just burn up at work.
All this leads to a decrease in labor productivity, which, in turn, affects economic indicators, ” he said.
According to him, it is necessary to develop new approaches to the working day and workplace.
He explained that it was about flexible schedules, remote formats and calling staff as needed.
As the head of government at that time, he stressed that due to technological progress, old professions are leaving and new ones are appearing.
Already on October 1 of the same year, the Ministry of Labor of Russia sent a report to the government on the introduction of a four-day working week in the future.
"This issue requires further study...
During the discussion, it was revealed that a sharp mandatory reduction in the length of the working week carries risks, but at the same time has positive aspects.
So, reducing the length of the working week can, for example, lead to an increase in labor costs, as well as the cost of production, ” the Ministry of Labor said on its website.
The Ministry noted that during the discussion of the four-day working week with authorities, employers and trade unions, it was proposed to consider the topic “at the site of the Russian Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations ” (RTK).
It was also planned to establish a working group on working hours and flexible forms of employment within RTC.
“At the same time, reducing the length of working time while maintaining the level of remuneration can contribute to the protection of the employee ’ s health, increasing the efficiency of work and professional capacity for work, personal and professional development, a more harmonious combination of family and work responsibilities, and the release of time for sports, culture, and recreation, ” the ministry said.
“He ’ s completely crazy, isn ’ t he? ”
In January this year, in an interview with RIA Novosti, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that the four-day working week should be moved as the economic prerequisites matured.
“The four-day work week — for some reason, when I said this at the ILO session, there was such a state of shock, as if it were some kind of revelation.
This is an attack on the foundations.
Someone applauded, said: “That ’ s right, you need to work less! ”
Someone said, “He ’ s crazy, isn ’ t he?
And so the money is not enough, and four days if you work, you will receive less ” and so on, — said Medvedev.
He noted that for the first time this was talked about in the 1960s.
“In many countries, such a system has been introduced as a pilot.
In some cases, it has already been implemented and, in fact, legally.
The question is the economic preparedness to work four days a week.
We all understand that a person must recover, that three days off is better than two, you will agree.
But this can not be done just by a stroke of a pen, ” explained the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
He added that “60 years ago ” in Russia there was a six-day working week, which today“ seems nonsense ”.
Two days off is totally natural.
Three days off is normal.
But it is necessary to mature all the prerequisites necessary for this.
They are beginning to appear, ” the official said.
In modern Russia, there are already several companies that have transferred their employees to a four-day working week.
So, entrepreneur Sergei Polonsky told KP.ru that the four-day period was introduced in Mirax Group more than 10 years ago.
“Working hard at a large company is stressful.
Two days off is not enough for recovery.
During this time, people only have time to do some household chores, children or elderly relatives to work out, and there is no time left for themselves: go to the gym, steam in the bath, just lie on the couch with a book - so that the brain reboots.
The head should rest — otherwise it will not be visited by any interesting ideas, ” — said the businessman.
He noted that productivity did not fall: in four days, employees began to do what they had done in five days.
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The legend of the Summer Friday: Once upon a time, for three sacred months every year between Memorial Day and Labor Day, employees were allowed to clock out after lunch every Friday and head immediately to the bar.

It’s said that the tradition started in NYC in the ’60s as companies searched for ways to boost employee productivity and morale during the summer months. (There’s even a brand named after it!) If you were lucky enough to work somewhere that offered this perk (usually publishing or advertising), your weekend started with midday happy hours and early bird beach days while friends at less generous corporations smoldered with jealousy.

But with the push toward remote work, Summer Fridays have become a ghost of workplace past as they may have ushered in something even better: the four-day workweek.

As companies scrambled to deal with office closures during the pandemic, most work suddenly became remote. Facing Covid variant after variant and a resistance to returning to the office, some employers like tech companies Bolt and Buffer opted to permanently remove a day from the workweek to better suit employee needs. A jumbo Summer Friday! Perfect, right?

Unfortunately, the exact logistics of the four-day workweek have been tricky. Who can and can’t participate? Does the four-day workweek mean longer working hours? What happens if there’s still work to be done once Friday rolls around?

To get some insight, Sidekick spoke with Alicia Garcia, chief culture officer at MasterControl and Jes Osrow, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) expert and founder of The Rise Journey consultancy, who had these thoughts to share:

  • Fixed schedules ≠ productivity. While a five-day, nine-to-five workweek has worked for most US-based companies, that doesn’t mean employees produce their best work during that time.
  • Flexibility is king. “The biggest issue with policies like the four-day workweek or Summer Fridays is that they’re still rigid. Whether it’s a four-day or five-day workweek, the exact days and times employees are required to work are fixed…When approached by employees, the most common request is ‘flexibility,’” said Garcia.
  • Flexibility isn’t an option for everyone. “We’re not thinking about essential workers, we’re not thinking about folks on the ground, and we’re not thinking about grocery store owners. It’s important to recognize that even though we do talk the big talk about a four-day workweek, it only applies to a small fraction of workers in the US and/or globally,” Osrow explained.

As the highly discussed ✨future of work✨ continues to develop, employees are looking for more flexibility. Whether that means working remotely from far-flung corners of the world or logging off a little early to go pick your children up from daycare—employers should take notes, not dictate them.—MW

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Content: In Britain, completed the world ’ s largest experiment of four days of work
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 09: 25 -
In Britain, the world ’ s largest experiment has come to an end, in which employers have tested a four-day work week, and mostly participating companies have decided to stick to it in the future.
This is reported by Reuters.
Workers at 61 companies across the UK worked an average of 34 hours over four days between June and December 2022, earning a steady salary.
Of these, 56 companies, or 92%, decided to continue this practice, 18 of them - on a permanent basis.
According to the British research organization Autonomy, which published the report together with a group of scientists and with the support of the New Zealand group 4 Day Week Global, this study is the largest in the world.
Despite the positive results of the study, other surveys indicate that most British employers are not ready for a four-day working week in the near future.
The Autonomy study involved 2,900 employees in various sectors.
Most agreed that productivity remained at the same level.
Employees noted that their well-being and work-life balance had improved, and data showed that workers were much less likely to leave their jobs as a result of the introduction of a four-day work week.
For some workers, an extra day off was more important than a paycheck: 15% said no money would make them return by the five-day week.
Employers from marketing and advertising, professional services and philanthropy were the most represented in the study.
About 66% of participants had 25 or fewer employees, while 22% had 50 or more.
11% were not engaged in commercial activities.
Last year, a study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that very few employers expect to switch to a four-day working week in the next three years, and two-thirds do not expect any change in the next decade.
However, evidence that it helped retain staff could prove to be a powerful argument for companies trying to hire workers after the pandemic.

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Content: UK companies test "4-day working week" workers generally agree that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages 51% permanent implementation
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A number of UK companies are participating in a four-day workweek pilot scheme in the second half of 2022, with media reporting that most of the participating companies continue to allow employees to work fewer hours per week, and more than half of the companies have made the arrangement a regular measure.
The United Kingdom has 61 companies from marketing, professional services, non-profit organizations, construction, manufacturing, retail, health care, art and other industries, employees from June to December 2022, participate in the four-day work week, pay and performance of the same trial.
British citizens walk through the Canary Wharf Financial District on August 3, 2023. (Reuters)
As of the end of 2023, at least 89% of participating companies continued to maintain the measure, and at least 51% permanently implemented the measure, according to a report published by Autonomy, a think-tank that conducted the research.
The study found that shortening work hours generally benefits employees and businesses, who feel that their mental and physical health has improved, as well as a better balance between work and life, a better life, and less fatigue from work.
In addition, the managers and CEOs of the 28 participating companies unanimously agreed that the four-day work week has had a positive impact on the company, reducing staff wastage, significantly improving recruitment, and benefiting employees physically and mentally.
Sixty-one companies from different industries in the UK piloted a four-day work week in 2022, and the results were generally positive.
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The study, which listed a number of ways to maintain a four-day work week, including safety changes such as meetings, workplace communication, and work priorities, found that the improvements felt by employees continued for a year after the trial ended.
Researchers at Boston College, Cambridge, and Oxford University believe that the key to the strength of the data is not the rare or short-term impact, but the real and long-term impact.
Therefore, the four-day work week is not a flash in the sky, and British companies have succeeded in turning it into a permanent and effective measure.
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Here are the results of an exciting experiment involving 60 companies around the world.
More than 60 companies participated in the experiment, allowing around 3,000 employees to work one day less per week while retaining the same salary.
Rates of stress, burnout and fatigue all fell, while problems with sleep declined, the study shows.
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• The study found that more than 9 out of 10 companies will continue to shorten the work week or plan to do so
• Productivity was not affected by lighter work weeks, with the company ’ s revenue increasing by an average of 1.4 per cent over the trial period
The study also found that employment increased and absenteeism decreased.
A four-day workweek is more productive for most employees and businesses than the traditional five-day workweek, and is one of the largest trials ever conducted in the UK.
More than 60 companies in the UK participated in the trial over a six-month period, allowing around 3,000 employees to work one day less per week while retaining the same salary.
The trial was conducted between June and December and was organized by a nonprofit group called 4 Day Week Global in collaboration with the Autonomy Research Center, the University of Cambridge, and Boston College in the United States.
The experience is described as the largest in the world around working four days a week.
The survey released on Tuesday found that more than nine out of 10 companies would continue to adopt or plan to do so, while only 4 percent chose not to extend it, regulators said in a statement.
Juliette Shore, a professor at Boston College, said: “The results are largely the same across workplaces of all sizes, demonstrating that this innovation has proven to be effective in many diverse organizations.
Productivity was not affected by shorter working days, with the company ’ s revenue increasing by an average of 1.4% over the trial period.
Revenue jumped 35% on average when compared to similar periods in previous years.
The study also found that employment increased and absenteeism decreased, while the number of resignations dropped sharply during the trial.
In addition, the researchers concluded that overall health and staff well-being improved.
"Significant" increases were also observed in physical and mental health, time spent on exercise, public life and job satisfaction.
Stress, fatigue and fatigue rates have decreased, while sleep problems have decreased.
"Really positive."
Cambridge University professor Brendan Burchell told AFP: “In terms of employees, their mental health improved, they slept better, and they became less stressed.
“But at the same time, companies have stated that if there are changes in their profits or in their performance, they are more likely to go up rather than down. ”
“A lot of people were very happy, people really enjoyed it; and they found it good to have three-day weekends instead of two days. ”
Environmental consultancy Tyler Grange in the UK was among 18 companies that decided to permanently adopt a four-day work week after participating in the trial.
Nathan Jenkinson, customer manager at Tyler Grange, told AFP: “My experience has been really positive, you can see it in people ’ s work and they ’ re more active.
“Employees come to work at the beginning of the week on Monday, after three days off, feel more positive about work and have a lot of energy. ”
Tyler Grange said performance improved slightly despite reduced working hours.
In recent years, studies of the four-day workweek have spread globally as employers explore the nature of post-pandemic work, including the concept of a co-working place that allows more work from home.
Short-week experiments were conducted across Europe, the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
However, when asked whether the UK government might adopt the test as a national policy, Prime Minister ’ s spokesman Rishi Sonak sounded cautious and stated, “There are no plans for that. ”
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According to a March survey of 868 people by Monster, a job advisory website, a four-day week is becoming popular, with 61% of respondents preferring to work four days rather than five days a week and 33% willing to quit their current job to get fewer days.
Vicki Salemi, a career expert at Monster, points out that this is a significant proportion, and the result is a shift in workers to rethink how they work.
Salami said many people still feel empowered to look forward to more flexibility at work, and some seasonal factors may also have an impact, such as some people planning future summer trips and therefore want to work fewer days.
Half of the respondents in the survey said they would be more productive if they worked fewer days, and 10% were even willing to cut their pay.
For decades, a four-day workweek has been seen as an unattainable work benefit, but this is changing, and more global experiments now confirm that companies can do it.
In a six-month trial conducted by the nonprofit organization 4 Day Week Global, workers reported less fatigue, more positive work, and happier feelings about their daily work, personal life, finances and emotional situation, and companies also received more benefits, such as increased productivity and satisfaction, higher earnings, and lower turnover.
Some lawmakers are trying to push through the law with positive test results in an attempt to reduce the number of working days.
Maryland lawmakers introduced a new proposal in January to encourage public and private employers to experiment with shortening working days without cutting wages or benefits.
In Congress, Representative Mark Takano of California once again proposed the 32-Hour Workweek Act, which, if passed, would reduce the current standard legal working hours from 40 to 32 hours, and would require overtime pay for work beyond the time limit.
In the future, more and more companies are likely to try to reduce the number of working days, especially in the face of the economic challenges of not being able to raise or promote employees.
According to a recent Payscale report, last year, the proportion of companies offering four-day working days reached the 10% threshold for the first time.
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It turns out that the four-day work week that Heunet Lifelong Learning has been implementing since July has helped significantly increase employee happiness.
The company developed a special survey in 2016 to measure the level of happiness of employees with 100 questions to identify their happiness index.
According to the company, their happiness index this year was 67 percent, an increase of 6 percent compared to last year.
Especially, on the question of "Is our company a good company to work?"
It increased by 17 points compared to last year to reach 77 points.
It is noteworthy that some Korean companies apply the system of shortening working hours by adjusting the level of wages or holidays, but Heonet operates the system without any conditions or restrictions.
The biggest changes resulting from the implementation of the system were in the field of recruitment, where the proportion of applicants to work for the company increased fourteen times compared to the previous year.
The company has been seeking to increase the productivity of work in line with the shortening of working hours as employees were focused on their core work and less time wastage as possible.
Employees also made various suggestions on ways to increase work effectiveness while the company offered various types of awards for excellent teams at work.
In this context, Chairman Jo Yong Tac said that the system has the absolute support of employees, which plays a big role in increasing their satisfaction with the company, stressing that the company will continue to make efforts to make the system a success as a leader in this field.
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Four days of work in the UK.
The four-day week trial has been successful in British companies, after the vast majority of companies that participated in the largest experiment in the world chose to continue working with this new system, according to the Guardian newspaper.
British companies have promised the experiment is proof that it can succeed at the UK level, and have indicated that the results will be presented to MPs, as part of a campaign that encourages politicians to adopt the new experiment.
Of the 61 companies that participated in the six-month trial, 56 extended the four-day workweek, while 18 made it permanent.
Four Days a Week campaign manager Joe Ryle described the experience as a major achievement: “In a wide range of sectors, employee comfort has improved significantly; productivity has remained the same or improved in almost all cases.
Sheffield ’ s Rivelin Robotics, one of the companies that participated in the experiment, plans to continue working with the new approach, and Chief Product Officer David Mason hopes that this system will improve the recruitment system in the future.
Launched in the UK in June 2022, the four-day trial was promoted by the New Zealand-based non-profit organisation, 4 Day Week Global, and overseen by the Autonomy Centre and a team of academics.
The companies participating in the experiment underwent training and mentoring sessions to help them work with the new system.
Employees were given the opportunity to continue receiving their current salary, working 4 days instead of 5.
Around 2,900 employees across the UK participated in the experiment.
Surveys conducted before and after the trial found that 39 percent were less stressed, 40 percent slept better, and 54 percent said it was easier to balance work and home responsibilities.
It is noteworthy that the number of sick days requested by employees during the experiment decreased by about two-thirds, and the number of employees leaving the companies participating in the experiment decreased by 57%, compared to the same period of the previous year.
The Social Loan Bank said it was a successful and wonderful experience for nearly two-thirds of our team.
They have successfully moved to work 4 days a week, and they love it.
It was a shift in their mood, and they were proud of their work.
At the Royal Society of Biology in London, its 38 employees now take time off on Monday or Friday, and the working day has been extended from seven to eight hours, with its chief executive, Mark Downs, showing that changing the way the society works is vital.
“You can ’ t reduce your working hours without increasing productivity and improving performance, ” he said.
Downs said that employees sometimes had to be flexible to attend important meetings on non-working days, for example, but the employee surveys conducted during the experiment yielded a great result: “I would say without exaggeration that it is the most positive response I have seen in any employee survey.
This system was unanimously adopted.
Everyone was very supportive of him. ”
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Content: The final results show that most companies will not return to the five-day working week, and have the advantages of rising revenue performance and a sharp reduction in turnover, the biggest change is a reduction in the proportion of employees tired, and an extra day of leave can be more balanced between life and work.
The project was carried out by researchers from the non-profit organization 4 Day Week Global, UK think tank Autonomy, Boston College, Cambridge and Oxford University, with 61 organizations and nearly 3,000 employees across industries such as banking, education, IT and retail.
Companies can choose to let employees take an extra day off or reduce their working hours to 80% of the original, but the salary and work output must be the same as the original standard.
As a result, 56 of the 61 companies were willing to maintain the three-day weekend, and 18 of them were willing to make the policy permanent.
Through this trial, up to 71% of employees have reduced their burnout rate, 39% of employees have been relieved of stress, and the probability of employees taking temporary leave has dropped by 65%. For employers, the revenue of some enterprises during the trial period has increased by more than one-third over the same period last year, and employee efficiency has improved.
The UK trial is similar to the results of smaller trials conducted in the US, Ireland and Australia in December, which have previously shown a rise in revenue and staff productivity, as well as a decline in absenteeism and turnover.
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Reducing working days from 5 to 4 per week is one of the most popular wishes of workers, but a new study has revealed that if implemented, it can achieve positive results.
According to the Sun, a group of British researchers have found that reducing the working week boosts employee well-being while maintaining productivity.
The researchers said 71 percent of the employees in the six-month trial had experienced work-related “burnout, ” and 39 percent said a day off made them feel less stressed.
During the trial, the percentage of sick leave decreased by 65 percent and the number of employees who want to leave their jobs dropped to 57 percent.
Professor Brendan Burchell, from the University of Cambridge, said: “During the experiment, workers were less likely to waste time and actively sought to promote technologies that improve their productivity.
Joe Ryle, director of the Four Days a Week campaign, describes the results as a “big breakthrough moment ” for the idea of shorter work weeks, Sky News Arabia reported.
“Across a variety of different sectors of the economy, these amazing results show that four days a week is extremely effective. ”
“A week of four days means a better work life and a better family life for many people. ”
In a report on the results, the companies that participated said they planned to stay the same as they tried, reducing the working week to 4.
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Researchers have found that the four-day workweek system tested by British companies with about 2,900 employees not only saves workers from fatigue and disease, but is also good for the work itself, as it does not lead to lower profits, but increases them.
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The researchers surveyed employees regularly and periodically to assess the impact of the extra day off on their lives.
The workers stressed that currently they rarely suffer from anxiety and that their mental health has improved significantly.
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Largest 4-day week trial results good news for future of work

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Will a 4-day workweek work? It seems that employees and employers are happy.

The results of the world’s largest 4-day week trial is good news for the future of work, with new research showing that these results are largely in line with existing global evidence, further demonstrating the benefits of reduced-hour, output-focused working.

The pilot programme conducted in the UK by non-profit 4 Day Week Global, the UK’s 4-Day Week Campaign and think tank Autonomy, guided over 60 companies and almost 3 000 workers through a six-month trial of a 4-day week, with no loss of pay for workers.

This brings the global campaign’s total number of completed pilot participants to 91 companies and approximately 3 500 employees. Lead researcher, professor Juliet Schor of Boston College, says overall results show that almost every organisation will stick to a 4-day week after the trial, with 91% definitely continuing or planning to continue and another 4% leaning towards continuing. Only 4% of participants are definitely not continuing.

Participating companies rated their overall experience of the trials at an average of 8.5/10, with business productivity and business performance each scoring 7.5/10. Revenue increased by 35% over the trial periods when compared to similar periods from the previous year, while hiring increased and absenteeism decreased.

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Improved employee wellbeing and health

During the trial it was also found that the health and wellbeing of employees also improved, with significant increases observed in physical and mental health, time spent exercising and overall life and job satisfaction. Rates of stress, burnout and fatigue all decreased along with problems with sleep.

Even the environmental outcomes were encouraging, with commuting time falling across the full sample by a half hour per week.

Schor says she observed an encouraging consistency in the data, with results largely steady across workplaces of varying sizes, demonstrating this is an innovation which works for many types of organisations.

“There are also some interesting differences. We found that employees in non-profits and professional services had a larger average increase in time spent exercising, while those in construction and manufacturing enjoyed the largest reductions in burnout and sleep problems.”

Behavioural scientist and new CEO of 4-Day Week Global, Dr Dale Whelehan, explained the sample produced interesting differences in gender outcomes. “While men and women benefit from a 4-day week, women’s experience is generally better for burnout, life and job satisfaction, mental health and reduced commuting time.”

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4-day workweek also balances home tasks

Encouragingly, the research also showed that the burden of non-work duties appears to be balancing out, with more men taking on a greater share of housework and childcare.

Co-founder and MD of 4-Day Week Global, Charlotte Lockhart, says her team is delighted to be expanding the arguments in favour of a 4-day week with this new world-class academic research. “We look forward to adding our Australasian pilot results to this data set in the coming weeks and our European, South African, Brazilian and North American results in the coming months.”

4-Day Week Global was founded in New Zealand by entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart, following the world-renowned success of their pioneering trial of the 4-day week in Perpetual Guardian.

Their approach is based on the 100-80-100™ model designed by Lockhart alongside the Perpetual Guardian trial in 2018. That means 100% of the pay, for 80% of the time, in exchange for a commitment to deliver 100% of the output.

4-Day Week Global’s ambition is to make a 4-day week the new default and reduced working time the new standard.

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WILLOUGHBY, Ohio — It’s a concept that unites workers but terrifies their employers, a four-day workweek.

We know some companies have implemented the idea, but can it go mainstream? News Center 7′s Nick Foley checked in with one Ohio business that made the change several years ago and hasn’t looked back.

The worldwide initiative is simple, four workdays instead of five, 32 instead of 40.

Non-profit movements like 4 Day Global point to research indicating that more than 80 percent of companies who employ the model found it easier to recruit talent.

Mike Nuendorfer owns Advanced RV in Willoughby, Ohio. “It was just about our staff and their quality of life.”

The businessman started the customized recreational vehicle company in 2012 but in April of 2022, he shifted his shop’s model to a four-day week as part of a six-month trial. He anticipated a substantial drop in productivity but said he was pleasantly surprised.

“I mean, right out of the gate, we had made changes and process procedures and other things communication that offset some of the loss, so we probably never went down 20% even for a month or two, but we did go down a little but then regained all but maybe 5% of that by the end of the test and then continue to gain even today,” Nuendorfer said.

Elise Hanson is one of about 40 employees at Advanced RV that works with clients to create one-of-a-kind motor homes. She started the week the trial began and said the result has been a workforce that is focused on streamlining the operation.

“Improving processes and just having this as a motivation to cut down time in any department. So, everyone likes getting the initiative to be more efficient and cut on time. So, that just kind of got people thinking and moving.” Hanson said.

What is also means is more personal time for employees. Eight hours less per worker equals about four days each month. Four days each month adds up to about 50 days a year.

Imagine that employee who puts in 20 years, and will have worked nearly three years less than the average American worker.

“I believe that is a win. It’s a win for us. The whole process has resulted in some reduction in potential earning power, probably not earning power earnings or director earnings, but the benefits the interpersonal benefits, the quality-of-life benefit, is phenomenal. It’s immeasurable,” Nuendorfer said.

Hanson has already made the most of the extra time with separate trips to Alaska and Western Canada. And just more hours to enjoy life. She admits the model might not work for every company but adds the employees at Advanced RV have certainly bought in.

“I think at other companies it would be frowned upon to take every Friday off. Even if you have weeks of vacation. So, it’s the best of both worlds. It’s just really improved people’s moods, just like I’ve heard from people that have worked here before the four-day workweek that people are way more positive and more willing to work with each other in the last two years,” Hanson said.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have changed their work patterns, such as hybrid work and flexible working arrangements such as the four-day workweek, to reduce the chance of infection due to social contact.
However, in 2018, before the outbreak of the epidemic, New Zealand entrepreneur Andrew Barnes had already piloted the four-day work system for his company, and later established the non-profit group “4 Day Week Global ” to promote and guide the implementation of the four-day work system to global enterprises.
Andrew Barnes experimented with a four-day workweek for 240 employees at his company, Perpetual Guardian, which turned out to be a great success, with employees becoming happier and more productive, making it a permanent system.
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Andrew Barnes then founded “4 Day Week Global ” and spoke in 99 countries on the topic of the four-day workweek, working with businessmen, academics and researchers around the world to bring productivity-focused flexible working to life.
“4 Day Week Global ” explores and studies with companies to see if they can stay 100% productive if their employees work 20% less hours, four days a week. Andrew Barnes says it ’ s not just about work-life balance, it ’ s about how to increase productivity to make the business better.
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“The idea of working four days a week is what I can give my employees as an incentive to focus on production, ” says Andrew Barnes.
If they can use their time more wisely, it makes sense to give it back to them. ” So he created the “100: 80: 100 framework ”, which allows employees to trade 100% of their salary, 80% of their time, for 100% productivity.
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In June this year, 20 companies from Oceania participated in the 4-day workweek pilot project of “4 Day Week Global ” and collaborated with Boston College, the University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne, and the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand to guide companies through each step of the implementation trial.
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What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

Companies can use data analytics and key performance indicators (KPIs) like employee motivation, efficiency, and productivity to assess the success of a 4-day workweek model.

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Content: VERNON HILLS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2022--

This week, Wonderlic, a leading pre-employment assessment company that moved to a 32-hour, four-day work week in 2021, released a first-of-its-kind guide called The Four-Day Work Week Playbook: Advice from Six Early Adopters on Planning, Piloting, and Perfecting a New Way to Work.

In the 37-page guide, leaders from Wonderlic, Uncharted, Elephant Ventures, PDQ, Awin, and Swash Labs—companies with as few as 50 and as many as 1200 employees—share:

  • How they decided whether a shorter work week was viable for them
  • The most critical questions to ask early—and what data to gather to measure success
  • Best practices for planning, managing, and learning from your pilot
  • The unexpected benefits they’re seeing beyond a recruiting and retention advantage
  • And proven strategies for increasing employee happiness and efficiency that any company can benefit from

“Moving to a four-day work week is a huge decision that requires asking a lot of tough questions, evaluating every aspect of how you do business, and being laser-focused on improving life for your employees, all while still hitting all your business goals,” says Wonderlic CEO Becca Callahan.

“As we’ve learned from our own experience—and by talking to other progressive leaders like Banks, Art, Victoria, Adam, and Josh—there’s no single ‘right’ way to go about it. In creating this guide, we wanted to provide companies curious about the possibilities with some strategic guidance to help them confidently decide if it’s the right move for them.”

Curious to learn more? Check out the full playbook here. And to contact Becca, please email mediainquiries@wonderlic.com.

About Wonderlic

Wonderlic’s mission is to help HR professionals and hiring managers identify top applicants and predict on-the-job performance by providing them the most trusted, scientifically validated assessments on the market.

Since the company was founded in 1937, more than 200 million Wonderlic assessments have been administered to job candidates. Our formula for success is simple: cutting-edge I-O psychology research, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and a company culture grounded in a thirst for innovative thinking and a sincere respect for diverse perspectives.

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DIGITAL bank Atom has become the largest company in the UK to introduce a four day week without cutting pay for any of its staff.

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The app based bank has confirmed it introduced the new four day week on November 1 for all of its 430 employees with the majority choosing to adopt it. Previously Atom employees worked a 37.5 hour week across five days but this will now reduce to a 34 hour week spread over four days. Staff taking up the reduced hours option will see their shifts lengthen slightly, working 8.5 hours instead of 7.5. It is expected most employees will take Monday or Friday as the default day off apart from those in operational or services roles whose days will vary to allow seven day a week customer support. Mark Mullen, CEO of Atom, explained experiences during the pandemic had "exploded many of the myths of the modern workplace" with changes not needing to stop at working from home.

Mr Mullen said: “A four-day week will provide our employees with more opportunities to pursue their passions, spend time with their families, and build a healthier work/life balance.

"We firmly believe that this will prove beneficial for our employees’ wellbeing and happiness and that it will have an equally positive impact on business productivity and customer experience."

Ben Willmott, Head of Public Policy at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development cautioned a shorter working week would only be sustainable by smarter working to improve productivity.

Mr Willmott explained: "“It is undoubtedly a positive move for employers to seek to reduce people's working hours without compromising pay.

"However, the challenge of simply reducing people’s working hours without other changes is that you can increase exposure to work intensity and stress, which is already one of the main causes of working time lost to sickness absence."

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Atom points to the evolving history of working patterns as evidence for the need to change.

The standard five day working week was first popularised by US carmaker Henry Ford in the 1920s and subsequently taken up by Boots in the UK in 1934.

From there most other companies began to follow suit whereas previously a six day week had been more common.

In Iceland a trial was run by Reykjavik City Council this year to introduce four day weeks to workplaces such as preschools, social services and hospitals.

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Widely reported to be a success trials are also now taking place by consumer giant Unilever in New Zealand.

The idea of a four day week has not always worked for all sectors though.

In 2019 the Wellcome trust shelved its plans to try out four day working after concluding it was "too operationally complex to implement."

Mr Mullen commented: “While we appreciate a four-day working week will not be right for all workplaces, the move to working from home has proved that working practices that may have seemed years away can be introduced rapidly."

"We are proud to be one of the first businesses to introduce a four-day week for all our employees, and we hope many others follow suit."

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As well as benefits to employee welfare Atom also believe a shorter working week could reduce the environmental impact of companies.

The group cites a 2021 study by environmental organisation Platform London which found a UK wide switch to four day working by 2025 could lower CO2 emissions by over 20 percent.

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The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

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61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

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What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

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What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.

What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

The employees were happier
The productivity  increased

What did a survey on 4-day workweek conducted in Hong Kong show?

61% of respondents said employers could implement a four-day workweek to improve employees' mental health.

What did surveys conducted in London before and after the experiment of 4-day workweek  find?

54% of employees had better balance of work and home responsibilities

What has a Gallup Poll found out about the prospect of 4-day workweek?

77% of American employees believe that it will have a positive impact on their health

What has the implementation 4-day wrokweek in Dubai, UAE indicated?

Increase in employee and customer satisfaction.

What were the results of UAE's trial of 4-day workday?

A 90% increase in job performance, happiness, and mental health.