The concept of a 4-day workweek has been gaining traction globally, with countries such as Belgium, Sweden, and Germany adopting or testing the policy, and 71% of German workers wanting a 4-day workweek, indicating a strong interest in the concept.

The UK has also launched a 6-month pilot program for a 4-day workweek, which was completed and considered the world's largest 4-day workweek experiment, with 92% of participating companies deciding to continue the 4-day workweek, and 18 companies adopting it on a permanent basis.

The results of the UK's trial showed that productivity remained at the same level, while employees' well-being and work-life balance improved significantly, with employees being less likely to leave their jobs with a 4-day workweek, and 15% of workers prioritizing the extra day off over their paycheck.

A similar trial in Iceland found that the 4-day workweek experiment improved productivity and well-being, and 90% of the working population now works reduced hours, with 78% of employees feeling happier and less stressed with a 4-day workweek.

The concept of a 4-day workweek has been tested on every continent, including Central and South America, with countries like New Zealand and British Columbia, Canada, having successful experiments, and a non-profit organization called 4 Day Week Global promoting the concept.

Developing countries are also conducting experiments with the 4-day workweek, with the results of various trials showing that reduced working hours do not necessarily mean reduced productivity, and in some cases, productivity has increased, with a trial in the UK finding that revenue jumped 35% compared to previous years, and employment increased while absenteeism decreased.

The 4-day workweek has also been shown to improve employee well-being, with stress, burnout, and fatigue rates falling, and overall health and staff well-being improving significantly, with a study in Iceland finding that the 4-day workweek improved worker happiness and productivity, and 78% of employees feeling happier and less stressed with a 4-day workweek.

In India, the majority of employers favor the 4-day workweek to decrease stress, and 60% of employers agree that it boosts morale and job satisfaction, with a survey finding that 61% of employees prefer a 4-day workweek over a 5-day workweek, and half of respondents claiming to be more productive with fewer days.

Companies that have implemented the 4-day workweek have seen increased productivity and higher earnings, with 10% of companies now offering 4-day working days, and the 4-day workweek has also been shown to have environmental benefits, with reduced carbon emissions and energy consumption, and it supports carbon neutrality goals.

Overall, the global trend towards a 4-day workweek is driven by the potential benefits to employee well-being, productivity, and the environment, and it is likely to continue to gain momentum in the coming years, with many companies reporting positive outcomes and improved productivity and business continuity.

The implementation of a 4-day workweek can be challenging, particularly in countries like India, where the labor class makes it impractical, and the workforce and economy differ from western countries, making a 4-day workweek unsuitable, with some industries, such as manufacturing and healthcare, facing difficulties in adopting a 4-day workweek.

However, companies can mitigate these challenges by implementing strategies such as flexible work arrangements, technology-based solutions, and open communication, and by prioritizing employee well-being and productivity, with the use of technology, such as AI, playing a significant role in facilitating a 4-day workweek.

The 4-day workweek has also been shown to have benefits for businesses, including increased productivity, improved employee retention, and reduced costs, with companies such as Panasonic and Uniqlo already implementing the schedule, and other companies, such as Microsoft Japan, experimenting with the concept.

Overall, the 4-day workweek is a trend that is likely to continue to grow in popularity, with many companies and countries experimenting with the concept, and it has the potential to bring numerous benefits to employees, businesses, and the environment.

To ensure a successful transition to a 4-day workweek, companies must maintain 100% productivity with 80% working hours, and offer 100% pay despite cutting working hours, with the use of technology, such as AI, playing a significant role in facilitating a 4-day workweek.

Companies must also designate "deep working hours" to improve work efficiency, limit meetings to 5 minutes and customer meetings to 30 minutes, and use a "signal light system" to minimize unnecessary dialogue, with a four-day workweek trial typically lasting for six months, and participating companies having diverse products and services.

The transition to a 4-day workweek requires a step-by-step evolution, and some enterprises already use a 4-day format remotely, which can facilitate a smoother transition, with personnel retention being a significant benefit of a 4-day workweek.

However, continuous cycle enterprises may not be suitable, and certain businesses may see reduced profits initially, with legislative-forced implementation not being recommended, and companies deciding on four-day workweek implementation, with each employee working 40 hours a week, still, but with reduced workdays.

Companies must manage a smooth transition internally, and employees can save on daily commute costs, with the workweek change not reducing total hours worked, and the four-day workweek can improve workers' well-being and productivity, and have benefits for both workers and businesses.

The 4-day workweek has been implemented globally, with countries such as Iceland, Spain, and the UK conducting experiments to test its effectiveness, and companies like Panasonic and Uniqlo already adopting the schedule.

A study found that 78% of employees feel happier and less stressed working 4 days a week, highlighting the potential benefits for employee well-being, with the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the adoption of flexible work arrangements, including 4-day workweeks.

However, the implementation of a 4-day workweek can be challenging, particularly for larger organizations, with logistics being a major obstacle, and smaller companies, with under 1,000 employees, being more likely to adopt a 4-day workweek.

Tools like ultrasonic sensors and payment platforms can support flexible work, and companies like Panasonic and thredUP are hiring with flexible schedules, with the 32-hour Workweek Act potentially changing the definition of a workweek.

Studies have found improved productivity and health with a 4-day workweek, and 93% of Korean employees agree to a four-day workweek system, with 79% choosing efficient work and productivity as a reason for approval.

Companies can use technology platforms, such as 4dayweek.io, to facilitate the implementation of a 4-day workweek, and the number of companies hiring on a four-day basis has quadrupled in two years, with four-day workweek implementation improving quality of life and productivity.

Countries like Spain and Iceland have had similar experiences, and the use of digital HQs can give businesses a competitive advantage, with 73% of respondents believing it is fundamental to making hybrid work successful.

Asynchronous work can save office workers an average of 2 hours and 53 minutes per week, and 64% of employees believe it maximizes their productivity, with technology enabling hybrid work, and 84% of respondents citing location and time flexibility.

The 100:80:100 framework allows employees to trade time for productivity, and companies can stay 100% productive with 20% less hours worked, with Four Day Week Global promoting 4-day workweek implementation and working with companies in 99 countries.

Overall, the 4-day workweek is a trend that is likely to continue to grow in popularity, with many companies and countries experimenting with the concept, and it has the potential to bring numerous benefits to employees, businesses, and the environment.

The concept of a 4-day workweek has been gaining traction globally, with countries such as Belgium, Sweden, and Germany adopting or testing the policy, and 71% of German workers wanting a 4-day workweek, indicating a strong interest in the concept.

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When the Coronavirus epidemic spread across Europe, many organizations adopted more flexible work plans through telecommuting, and other countries were quick to consider reducing working days, in order to give employees the flexibility to combine work and family life, by conducting experiments and studies that go hand in hand with the demands of the labor market and to motivate employees to be more productive in their workplace.
What do advocates say about working four days a week?
Advocates of the idea of working four days a week, an important way to enable employees to focus on their family and private lives, considering that employee comfort contributes to improving the quality of work and achieving satisfaction.
Trade unions across Europe have called on governments to work four days a week.
Which European countries have adopted a four-day working week or are planning to adopt it?
Belgium
In Belgium, workers will soon be able to work four days a week instead of the current five, provided the 38-hour working week does not change.
Last month, the country ’ s coalition government agreed that the new “labor market ” deal would include a series of measures that would provide more flexibility for employees to do their jobs.
Employees who want to work four days will be given the possibility to work more hours a day in exchange for an extra day off during the week.
In this case, the weekly rest days are limited to three days.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre De Croo hopes the measure will help “make the Belgian labor market more flexible, where employees will be able to reconcile their family and professional lives ” and explained that the new model should create a more dynamic economy.
"The goal is to give individuals and companies more freedom to arrange their work times," he said, adding that "if we compare our country to other countries, we will see that we are often less dynamic."
Sweden
In Sweden, a four-day work week with full pay was tested in 2015.
The proposal was to try out six-hour workdays instead of eight hours while keeping the salary the same, but not everyone was thrilled with the idea of spending money on the aforementioned experiment.
Even left-wing parties believe that implementing this plan on a large scale would be too costly for the state treasury.
But positive results were observed within the orthopaedic unit of a university hospital, which turned 80 nurses and doctors to work six hours a day and hired new staff to make up for the remaining time.
The response of the medical staff was positive, but the experiment also faced much criticism, however, some companies, such as automaker Toyota, chose to keep reduced working hours for workers.
Germany
The average working week in Germany is 34.2 hours.
Most jobs in Germany require working seven or eight hours a day, five days a week.
Last year, IG Metall, the country ’ s largest trade union, called for fewer work weeks, arguing that it would help keep jobs and avoid layoffs.
According to a survey by the Forsa survey institute, 71% of workers in Germany would like to apply the option of working four days a week.
SPAIN
In March 2021, the Spanish government approved the launch of a pilot project for companies interested in implementing the four-day (32-hour) week.
Earlier last year, Spain ’ s left-wing Mas Pais party announced that the government had accepted its proposal to test the idea, and has held talks since then.
Party leader Enigo Erijón said the debate on the four-day week had begun, adding: “It ’ s an idea whose time has come. ”
“Spain is one of the countries where workers work more hours than the average in Europe. ”
The pilot phase is set to last at least one year, but it is not yet clear when it will begin.
United Kingdom
In the UK, a six-month pilot programme was launched in January, where companies are looking at the impact of shorter working hours on the productivity of companies and the well-being of their workers, as well as the impact on the environment and gender equality.
So far, about 30 companies have signed up for the program, which starts in June this year and is overseen by researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
Under the reform, employees will be allowed to work up to 9.5 hours a day, that is, from 9 a.m. to 6: 30 p.m., meaning the employees involved will be able to work four days a week and keep the salary the same without the slightest change.
Scotland
In Scotland, the experience associated with working four days a week is set to begin in 2023.
The government cited a recent survey conducted by the Public Policy Research Institute (IPPR) in Scotland, which showed that 80 per cent of people who responded to and participated in the survey gave very positive impressions of the initiative.
Respondents said the program would significantly boost their health and happiness.
Some Scottish companies have already started working four days a week, with Glasgow ’ s UPAC Group recently saying its employees will soon start working four days a week with the same salary and benefits after running a “successful pilot program, ” company officials said.
Iceland
Icelandic and British think tanks say the world ’ s biggest weekly workday reduction experiment has been a huge success.
More than 2,500 Icelanders participated in the experiment, which reduced their weekly working hours to between 35 and 36 hours (four days of weekly work) between 2015 and 2019 without reducing their salaries.
The researchers said the experiment improved workers' productivity and well-being, or at least kept it at normal levels at work five days a week.
According to the results of the study, approximately 90 per cent of the working population now perform their jobs on reduced hours.
The researchers found decreased levels of worker stress and burnout, and reported improvements in work-life balance conditions.

The UK has also launched a 6-month pilot program for a 4-day workweek, which was completed and considered the world's largest 4-day workweek experiment, with 92% of participating companies deciding to continue the 4-day workweek, and 18 companies adopting it on a permanent basis.

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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.

The results of the UK's trial showed that productivity remained at the same level, while employees' well-being and work-life balance improved significantly, with employees being less likely to leave their jobs with a 4-day workweek, and 15% of workers prioritizing the extra day off over their paycheck.

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

A similar trial in Iceland found that the 4-day workweek experiment improved productivity and well-being, and 90% of the working population now works reduced hours, with 78% of employees 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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The concept of a 4-day workweek has been tested on every continent, including Central and South America, with countries like New Zealand and British Columbia, Canada, having successful experiments, and a non-profit organization called 4 Day Week Global promoting the concept.

Developing countries are also conducting experiments with the 4-day workweek, with the results of various trials showing that reduced working hours do not necessarily mean reduced productivity, and in some cases, productivity has increased, with a trial in the UK finding that revenue jumped 35% compared to previous years, and employment increased while absenteeism decreased.

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Content: How about four days a week instead of five?
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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The 4-day workweek has also been shown to improve employee well-being, with stress, burnout, and fatigue rates falling, and overall health and staff well-being improving significantly, with a study in Iceland finding that the 4-day workweek improved worker happiness and productivity, and 78% of employees feeling happier and less stressed with a 4-day workweek.

In India, the majority of employers favor the 4-day workweek to decrease stress, and 60% of employers agree that it boosts morale and job satisfaction, with a survey finding that 61% of employees prefer a 4-day workweek over a 5-day workweek, and half of respondents claiming to be more productive with fewer days.

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workweek for workers, a report has revealed {that a} majority of
employers in India strongly agree that this mannequin will assist in
decreasing stress degree, Trend experiences citing The Tribune.

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morale of the organisation with job satisfaction and work-life
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“The new 4-day workweek module has been fairly an attention-grabbing
development that has been more and more adopted by fairly a couple of international locations
and organisations from a standalone perspective. People have been
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private and work lives higher. Some really feel the 4-day week mannequin has
enabled them to push their boundaries, contribute and carry out
higher,” mentioned R P Yadav, Genius Consultants CMD.

The module has piqued quite a lot of curiosity and has made few
organisations marvel if they need to take into account adopting the identical for
their firm construction, he added.

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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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Companies that have implemented the 4-day workweek have seen increased productivity and higher earnings, with 10% of companies now offering 4-day working days, and the 4-day workweek has also been shown to have environmental benefits, with reduced carbon emissions and energy consumption, and it supports carbon neutrality goals.

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iAND announced the introduction of a four-day work week in three of its departments in the UAE, becoming the first technology group in the country to adopt a global model that allows flexibility in the work environment.
The pilot initiative reflects EAND ’ s leadership in shaping future policies and models for the work environment, recognizing that the well-being of its employees is directly linked to enhanced productivity and innovation. The new work programme supports employees and enables them to achieve work-life balance.
Dina Al Mansouri, Chief Human Resources Officer at E & D, said: “We are pleased to launch this pilot initiative, as we understand that as we strive to innovate new services and technology solutions, we must also update our work environment strategies to keep pace with development.
It is essential to revisit and update existing standards, learn through experience, and align internal business policies to create a more efficient and productive work environment, while at the same time achieving business prosperity and growth. ”
Employees who join the initiative are entitled to a three-day weekend from Friday to Sunday, and EAND applies a hybrid work system where employees work remotely two days a week, one on Friday, to focus on sustainability by reducing energy consumption in offices and reducing carbon emissions from mobility.
The new work week model is proving to improve employee well-being and productivity, and significantly contribute to protecting the environment by reducing carbon emissions from mobility, according to research published by the World Economic Forum.
“We believe that the well-being of our employees is one of our top priorities to shape and lay the foundations for a more sustainable future. By reducing travel times and resource consumption, we reflect the UAE ’ s ambition for well-being and sustainability, and we support the Group ’ s commitment to achieving its carbon neutrality goals, ” Al Mansouri said.
The launch of E & T ’ s pilot initiative is in line with the federal government ’ s announcement of a four-day reduced work week for government employees and underscores the success of Sharjah, which has recorded a 90% increase in job performance, happiness and mental health following its introduction in 2022.
E & E views these employee-focused initiatives as key factors that have helped it win several international awards, including “Best Employer in the MENA Region ” by Global Brand and“ Best Employer in the Private and Government Sectors ” by the GCC Human Resources Award, demonstrating E & E ’ s efforts in creating a work environment where everyone can succeed and excel.
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What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

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

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

Overall, the global trend towards a 4-day workweek is driven by the potential benefits to employee well-being, productivity, and the environment, and it is likely to continue to gain momentum in the coming years, with many companies reporting positive outcomes and improved productivity and business continuity.

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The implementation of a 4-day workweek can be challenging, particularly in countries like India, where the labor class makes it impractical, and the workforce and economy differ from western countries, making a 4-day workweek unsuitable, with some industries, such as manufacturing and healthcare, facing difficulties in adopting a 4-day workweek.

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A four-day work week may be suitable in countries such as Japan where people work very hard and their GDPs are enviable (Editorial Page, July 19). In India, no such work design would be productive as most of the people are not serious and the GDP is at nadiral level when compared to those of western countries. Even a seven-day week here, hypothetically speaking, will not be sufficient to increase the output of people. The concept of a four-day week will prove expensive. The younger generation may welcome it, but the older lot will consider it abominable.

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Chennai

The idea is virtually impossible to enact, especially in India where the labour class forms a huge chunk of the workforce, and who contribute towards better and increased productivity. Also in manufacturing sectors, which need to be operated round-the-clock, the concept is impractical. Implementing a four-day work week requires the right technology and workplace culture.

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Healthcare industry may face more problems.

However, companies can mitigate these challenges by implementing strategies such as flexible work arrangements, technology-based solutions, and open communication, and by prioritizing employee well-being and productivity, with the use of technology, such as AI, playing a significant role in facilitating a 4-day workweek.

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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.
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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 4-day workweek has also been shown to have benefits for businesses, including increased productivity, improved employee retention, and reduced costs, with companies such as Panasonic and Uniqlo already implementing the schedule, and other companies, such as Microsoft Japan, experimenting with the concept.

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Faced with a tight labour market, the Ministry of Manpower has called on employers to implement flexible working arrangements and to decide for themselves, as appropriate, which work arrangements best meet the needs of business and employees, including whether to implement the four-day work system, but the government has no intention of piloting the four-day work system in the public sector at this time.
Yan Xiaofang, Minister of Education and Minister of Manpower, said Tuesday (September 13) in response to an oral question from Yang Yicai, a member of the Latin Maersk region, that the four-day system is one of the forms of flexible working arrangements, and that reducing the number of working days may be effective for some employers and employees, while others are not.
The Ministry of Manpower and the Labour and Management Tripartite Partners encourage employers to be open to all forms of flexible working arrangements in order to identify and adopt the most suitable form.
The Ministry noted that a number of countries, such as Ireland, Japan and Spain, had experimented with the four-day system.
In Belgium, on the other hand, employees are entitled to work four days a week, but the working hours are extended each day, and the total number of hours worked per week remains the same, and so far the results appear to be mixed.
Stakeholder concerns include the impact of the four-day system on productivity, business costs and employee well-being.
While there are examples of productivity gains, it depends on the field and type of work.
In other cases, reduced working hours mean employers need to hire more people.
At the same time, there are also concerns that wages may be reduced, and some people may face greater pressure by working longer hours per day.
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Overall, the 4-day workweek is a trend that is likely to continue to grow in popularity, with many companies and countries experimenting with the concept, and it has the potential to bring numerous benefits to employees, businesses, and the environment.

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The majority (81%) of Russian companies support the idea of reducing the working week to four days, while only 4% consider this possibility in the coming years, according to a study by hh.ru (Izvestia).
The main advantage of the four-day plan is the reduction of burnout among employees, the main drawback is the need to cut wages.
Today, business in Russia is not ready for such changes due to the insufficiently stable economy, experts say.
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The reduction of the working week, advocated by 81% of employers, mainly supports large business.
However, the transition to such a schedule in the next three years is considered by only 4% of companies.
Even fewer are already working in a reduced week - this was told by 1% of companies with less than 50 and more than 3 thousand employees.
Such results were shown by a survey of the HeadHunter service, conducted in May among almost 700 enterprises at the request of Izvestia.
Economically, a shortened working week means a more flexible approach to the formation of a wage fund and increasing employee loyalty.
In the operational business, as well as the entire economy, continues to be under the influence of deep transformational processes caused by external circumstances.
Companies are not yet ready for another factor of possible tension in unstable current conditions, - explained the main expert on the labor market hh.ru Natalia Danina.
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The main advantages in the transition to a four-day period were the reduction of burnout of employees and more efficient use of working time.
In turn, the main disadvantage is the need to reduce wages for employees.
Among the risks, they also noted a reduction in productivity and bureaucratic difficulties.
Reducing the working week can favorably contribute to the development of the company, said the Director of personnel and organizational development of the service "Rabota.ru" Julia Sanina.
For example, the productivity of employees can increase by increasing their free time.
However, it is possible that the business will need additional staff to ensure continuous operation, and this, in turn, additional costs, the expert noted.
According to Article 91 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, normal working hours cannot exceed 40 hours per week.
That is, now nothing in the regulatory field does not prevent to switch to a four-day, having organized a shift schedule, said the head of the expert center for labor relations and labor protection of Business Russia, co-founder of the SRG group of companies Vitaly Fedin.
It is worth noting that in recent years there has been a trend of actual increase in working hours.
The corporate culture of Russian business often suggests that employees in offices significantly recycle and the schedule is stretched to 45-50 hours per week, the expert added.
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The four-day work week is something to strive for in the near future, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council, told reporters in January 2022.
He added that it is necessary to make such a decision as the economic prerequisites mature, for individual industries and industries, and based on the general economic situation in the country.
Earlier it was reported that Kazakhstan is going to introduce a four-day period from July 1 of this year.
Amendments to the Labor Code have already been approved by the President of the country.
A similar experiment was also conducted in the UK, Belgium and other EU countries.
“Izvestia ” sent a request to the Ministry of Labor.
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As a rule, the shortened week was previously introduced in developed countries to manage the unemployment rate or against the background of the formation of a structural shortage of personnel, said Natalia Danina from hh.ru.
This was also done to “cool ” production cycles in the absence of demand or transfer the creation of products to other countries.
Recent examples of the introduction of four-day experiments are typical mainly for large technology giants, she stressed.
The desire to balance work and personal life intensified during the pandemic, when a huge number of people had the opportunity to work remotely, said Aghvan Mikaelyan, a member of the Board of Directors of the audit and consulting network FinExpertiza.
— Today, the global transition to a four-day period would be difficult to implement.
This requires either a significant increase in productivity, or a reduction in wages, or an increase in the cost of production.
So, to reduce the working week to four days, that is, by 20%, provided that wages are maintained at the same level, a proportional increase in the productivity of all employees would be required, the expert explained.
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It is not difficult to switch to a four-day period, it is enough to fix it by law, says Alexander Isaevich, CEO of the SME Corporation.
According to him, it is important that this was an additional option, not an obligation, since Russian citizens are accustomed to a certain level of service and want to receive services all seven days a week, and sometimes even at night.
The expert added that in the matter of reducing the working week, everything depends on the business sector.
For example, there are areas with continuous work, such as security activities, production and others.
Russia today is not ready for the introduction of the four-day plan.
There are serious problems with the structure of the workforce.
Despite the low unemployment rates, a significant part of the employed work at fractional rates for low salaries, and the shortage of personnel is combined with the lack of vacancies in depressed territories and in a number of sectors, ” said Aghvan Mikaelyan.
At the beginning of the adaptation to the new schedule, productivity may temporarily subside, so the transition to a four-day in Russia should be gradual and consistent, taking into account the specifics of business sectors, said Dmitry Puchkov, Director for Development of the Avito Work Platform.
According to the expert, the process of transition to a four-day period in the country can take from one to three years.

To ensure a successful transition to a 4-day workweek, companies must maintain 100% productivity with 80% working hours, and offer 100% pay despite cutting working hours, with the use of technology, such as AI, playing a significant role in facilitating a 4-day workweek.

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“The company is like a study room.
The staff buried their heads in their work. ”
Gary Conroy, CEO of the British cosmetics manufacturing company "5 Squirrels", told CNN on the 1st that the company's internal landscape has changed after the implementation of the four-day working week.
In order to shorten the working hours of employees and improve work efficiency, Conroy designated two hours a day in the morning and afternoon to do not reply to emails, phone calls, company internal information, etc., also known as "deep working hours".
That is to say, the design can work less, but can focus on the "real thing to do" environment.
London advertising company Unity also implemented the four-day week early, after a chaotic adaptation period, quickly found a way out.
All meetings are limited to 5 minutes and customer meetings are limited to 30 minutes.
In addition, in order not to let unnecessary dialogue hinder the work, also introduced a "signal light system".
Every worker on the table is marked "don't talk" in red, "although busy, but there is time for dialogue" in yellow, "no relationship" in blue.
The British think tank Autonomy, in collaboration with research teams from Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston University, started a four-day workweek demonstration operation in June with 3,300 workers from 70 companies. For six months, the workers have maintained 100% productivity, no wage cuts, and only 80% of their normal working hours.
“As of last month, the quality of life of Icelanders working 36 hours per week has improved dramatically in many ways, ” says Autonomy. The United States, Canada, Australia and other countries have also decided to implement a four-day week in the near future.
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Companies must also designate "deep working hours" to improve work efficiency, limit meetings to 5 minutes and customer meetings to 30 minutes, and use a "signal light system" to minimize unnecessary dialogue, with a four-day workweek trial typically lasting for six months, and participating companies having diverse products and services.

The transition to a 4-day workweek requires a step-by-step evolution, and some enterprises already use a 4-day format remotely, which can facilitate a smoother transition, with personnel retention being a significant benefit of a 4-day workweek.

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The transition to a four-day work week will take place in the near future.
The Deputy of the state Duma called the upcoming changes evolutionary
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Yaroslav Nilov, told RIA Novosti that the reduction of the working week is a matter of the near future.
The parliamentarian also believes that the transition from five to four working days is a matter of the near future.
“Some enterprises are already working in this format – in the framework of remote or part-time employment during the pandemic.
This was one of the best solutions in the matter of personnel retention and the continuation 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, where a shortened working week is initially impossible ”,
Nilou noted.
At the same time, he added that for certain areas of business, such a transition means a direct reduction in profits.
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However, continuous cycle enterprises may not be suitable, and certain businesses may see reduced profits initially, with legislative-forced implementation not being recommended, and companies deciding on four-day workweek implementation, with each employee working 40 hours a week, still, but with reduced workdays.

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Following the proposal made by National Economic Development Authority chief Karl Chua to President Rodrigo Duterte to adopt a four-day workweek will be the discretion of management of establishments or companies, said the Department of Labor and Employment.

“We should try conserving our energy and one example is to have a four-day workweek. They can also save up because they won’t have to commute every day, and this will help us manage the economy,” said Karl Chua.

In the proposal, each Filipino will still work 40 hours a week . But instead of five days, it will be four; instead of eight hours a day, it will be 10 hours a day.

Meanwhile, in one of the interviews of Labor Undersecretary Banjo Benavidez, he said that the government will not be imposing the four-day workweek as a requirement as they are also thinking of a wage subsidy to offset the impact of oil crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war on poor families.

What is the approach of the Philippines to adopt a 4-day workweek?

To implement it at the discretion of management of organizations

Companies must manage a smooth transition internally, and employees can save on daily commute costs, with the workweek change not reducing total hours worked, and the four-day workweek can improve workers' well-being and productivity, and have benefits for both workers and businesses.

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Content: Campaigners are aiming to sign hundreds more UK companies up for four-day working weeks after a test run led to triumph.

Out of 61 companies that entered a six-month trial, 56 have extended the four-day-week policy that sees workers’ pay remain the same.

Eighteen of these companies have already made the shorter hours permanent.

Now, a new National Rollout Programme is being launched by the 4 Day Week Campaign alongside think tank Autonomy.

Companies that take part will be given help with the transition starting from mid-April.

The campaign calls for a 32-hour working week with no change in pay to become the normal way of working by the end of this decade.

But the British government hasn’t appeared interested so far though – with business minister Martin Callanan saying in September that ministers had not looked into the costs and benefits.

Meanwhile, Conservative peer Howard Leigh claims it would have a ‘devastating effect’ as it would be hard for staff to ‘work effectively’ together if some are not available.

Activists argued today that positive results had been demonstrated for workers’ well-being and productivity.

Joe Ryle, Director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, said: ‘The huge response we’ve seen to the pilot results just shows that the world is ready for a four-day working week.

‘We’ve had 100 years of the 9-5, five-day working week and it’s time for change.

‘Moving to a four-day week would give us all the time to be able to live happier and more fulfilled lives.’

Meanwhile, Will Stronge, Co-Founder of Autonomy, says ‘the evidence is clear’ and the policy has ‘benefits to both workers and businesses’.

The trial last year was the world’s biggest and grabbed attention across the globe in places including Bangkok, India and Australia.

US Senator Bernie Sanders tweeted about it, saying ‘it’s time to move toward a four-day work week’.

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.

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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.

The 4-day workweek has been implemented globally, with countries such as Iceland, Spain, and the UK conducting experiments to test its effectiveness, and companies like Panasonic and Uniqlo already adopting the schedule.

A study found that 78% of employees feel happier and less stressed working 4 days a week, highlighting the potential benefits for employee well-being, with the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the adoption of flexible work arrangements, including 4-day workweeks.

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According to a report by recruitment and human resources management consultancy Hays, the UK will pilot a four-day work week plan in about 60 companies next month. Most respondents believe that working four days can increase mental health and well-being, while half of the employees surveyed said they would consider quitting if their employer did not provide a four-day work week.
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According to the report, which surveyed 9,600 employees across all industries, two-fifths of respondents believe that more companies will offer four-day workweeks to their employees in the coming years.
Hays recruiter Gaelle Blake said companies in a competitive labor market offer potential employees more diverse and creative hiring conditions, such as higher pay and flexible work patterns, but data shows that only a few companies currently offer four-day work, which will be a factor in attracting professionals in the future.
4-day work trial plan expects enterprises to bear higher costs
According to the report, the four-day work week pilot scheme, organized by academics from Oxford University, Cambridge University and Boston College, is expected to take place on June 12. The scheme currently involves about 60 UK companies and institutions from different industries, including charities, and aims to shorten the working week (up to 35 hours per week) without deducting staff salaries to create better jobs for employees. Balance with your lifestyle and want to increase productivity.
However, the report said that the four-day work week will cause more stress and cost for enterprises.
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In addition, according to Joe O'Connor, CEO of 4 Day Week Global, the epidemic has changed working patterns, employees have higher expectations for their health and work-life balance after the epidemic, and companies need to adopt new policies to attract and retain employees in a competitive labor market.
A similar four-day workweek pilot scheme has been piloted in some companies in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Japan.
Companies such as Panasonic, Hitachi, Mizuho Bank and Uniqlo have also begun to allow employees to shorten their workweeks, the report said, citing the Japan Times, and a survey of 4,000 companies found that about 8.5% of companies in East Asian countries offered employees a four-day work week or similar work mode last year.
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What did  the trial of 4-day workwee in New Zealand show?

However, the implementation of a 4-day workweek can be challenging, particularly for larger organizations, with logistics being a major obstacle, and smaller companies, with under 1,000 employees, being more likely to adopt a 4-day workweek.

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11 Companies Adopting a 4-Day Workweek That Are Hiring Right Now

The four-day workweek is having a moment.

Several recent studies, including one that followed nearly 3,000 workers in the U.K., found when companies switched to a four-day workweek workers' productivity, health, relationships and even finances improved. California Representative Mark Takano recently reintroduced the 32-hour Workweek Act in Congress as well, which would change the definition of a workweek from its now 40 hours if passed.

"While the concept of a four-day workweek is not brand new, there is no denying that there is great momentum and interest in this model," says Doug Ebertowski, career expert at FlexJobs. The idea is gaining traction, he says, and "that coupled with the fact that employers have become much more creative in their approach to attracting great workers could mean that we may see the four-day work week here to stay."

Whatever the future holds for the trend becoming a norm, some companies are implementing it as their go-to schedule right now. FlexJobs, which focuses on remote and flexible roles, identified a number of companies that have or are planning to adopt a shorter workweek. And they're hiring. Here are 11 of those companies, including some of their open roles.

Augury

Augury is a software company that helps detect machine malfunctions through ultrasonic sensors.
Headquarters: Haifa, Israel
Open roles: enterprise customer success manager, regional controller, service engagement manager

Bolt Financial

Bolt Financial offers clients such as e-commerce merchants a payment platform for their online stores.
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Open roles: principal software engineer, senior machine learning engineer

DNSFilter

DNSFilter helps IT professionals filter unsafe web content and protect against digital threats.
Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
Open roles: general counsel, senior manager of digital marketing

Do Big Things

Do Big Things is a creative digital agency that offers services such as website design and spokesperson training.
Headquarters: Mill Valley, California
Open roles: finance director, senior account executive

Kickstarter

Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform whose projects span films to board games.
Headquarters: Fully remote
Open roles: senior social media manager, director of comics outreach, senior product designer

Merit America

Merit America is a nonprofit that creates pathways to careers in tech through technical training.
Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
Open roles: director of individual giving, revenue operations specialist

New Leaders

New Leaders provides equity-focused training to teachers, principals and other education figures.
Headquarters: New York, New York
Open roles: deputy chief officer of development

Panasonic

Panasonic is a global tech company with products that serve the energy, manufacturing and retail industries, among others.
Headquarters: Newark, New Jersey
Open roles: account manager of public safety, client relations specialist, field service technician

Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere creates online polling, surveys, quizzes and more on behalf of its clients.
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Open roles: engineering manager, site reliability engineer

SambaSafety

SambaSafety sells software that keeps its clients and their communities' tech safe.
Headquarters: Denver, Colorado
Open roles: onboarding specialist, senior data governance analyst, Salesforce administrator

thredUP

thredUP is an online thrift store.
Headquarters: Oakland, California
Open roles: finance data analyst, chief of staff, clothing warehouse associate

As far as trends in the list go, "they're mainly nonprofit and tech companies," says Yolanda Owens, career expert at The Muse. With the exception of Panasonic, they're also smaller companies, "mainly under 1,000 employees," she says.

"With the smaller organizations, adopting a four-day workweek makes sense because it's easier to kind of put parameters around that," she says. "I think it would be a bit more difficult for larger organizations to do that just because of the scope and scale." The logistics of arranging that kind of flexibility for people in an array of roles could be tough, she says.

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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

What companies are adopting 4-day workweek?

Mainly nonprofit and small tech companies under 1,000 employees

Tools like ultrasonic sensors and payment platforms can support flexible work, and companies like Panasonic and thredUP are hiring with flexible schedules, with the 32-hour Workweek Act potentially changing the definition of a workweek.

Studies have found improved productivity and health with a 4-day workweek, and 93% of Korean employees agree to a four-day workweek system, with 79% choosing efficient work and productivity as a reason for approval.

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Recently, Korea ’ s largest electronics company, Sam Song Electronics, began implementing a four-day workweek once a month, which has led to growing interest in the system.
In a related context, the platform "INCROT", which specializes in providing information on job opportunities online, conducted a survey of one thousand one hundred and forty-eight Korean employees during the 28th and 29th of June last.
According to the survey, most Korean employees want to implement a four-day working week.
It also states that quite a few prefer this system to raising their wages.
Ninety-three percent said they agreed with the system being applied to the companies they currently work for, while only three percent said they disagreed with it.
On the reasons for approval, 79 per cent chose "efficient work and improved productivity with sufficient rest" and 67 per cent chose "stable work-life balance culture".
Forty-two percent chose to “improve professional ability as a result of the increase in hours of self-development. ”
As for the reasons for disapproval, sixty-one percent chose to “increase the likelihood of lower wages. ”
Thirty-five percent chose "reduced professional ability," and 33 percent chose "worsening work-life imbalance due to increased night work," among others.
Only seven per cent of respondents said their companies were currently implementing the system, while 35 per cent said they were currently working five days a week or more.
When asked if their companies could implement the system, 49% of respondents said yes, while 50% of respondents said no.
Forty-one percent of respondents said that decision-makers had no intention of implementing the system, while thirty-three percent said that the nature of their business did not allow the system to be implemented.
As for whether the system should be implemented on the assumption of reducing or freezing the level of wages, or reducing welfare services, sixty-eight percent agreed and thirty-two percent objected, indicating that quite a few Koreans prefer work-life balance over money.
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Companies can use technology platforms, such as 4dayweek.io, to facilitate the implementation of a 4-day workweek, and the number of companies hiring on a four-day basis has quadrupled in two years, with four-day workweek implementation improving quality of life and productivity.

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The biggest experience of its kind in the world.
The UK is testing four days a week.
In the UK, there is a widespread test of just four days a week instead of five, at a time when more companies are accepting workers on a four-day basis.
Lewis Bloomsfield is a Brit who works four days a week, has more time to spend with his family, and is thinking about doing volunteer work or even acquiring new skills, he says enthusiastically: “There are a lot of things I can do on an extra day off, ” according to Agence France-Presse.
The experiment, the largest ever in the world, aims to help companies reduce working hours without cutting salaries or slowing down the production cycle.
Countries such as Spain, Iceland, the United States and Canada have had similar experiences, and Australia and New Zealand are expected to join the group in August.
Alex Sojong-Kim Bang, project manager at 4DayWeek Global (4 working days a week), the organiser of the trials, said testing in Britain for six months would give companies time to test the system and collect data, adding that SMEs adapt more easily, as they can make big changes faster.
The Royal Institution for Biology, which is also taking part in the test, said it aims to give its employees more independence and hopes that the reduction in working days will attract new workers and keep the best employees in its ranks, especially in a stressful job market in the UK.
The unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia was at its lowest level in nearly 50 years at 3.7%, and job offers reached a record 1.3 million jobs.
Aidan Harper, one of the authors of The Case for a Four Day Week, argues that countries that adopt this system are more productive, noting that Greece is one of the European countries that rely on the longest hours of work versus the weakest productivity.
Phil McBerlein, founder of 4dayweek.io, a platform that specialises in flexible working and 4-days-a-week jobs, sees a shorter work week as a lucrative option for organizations and workers alike and speaks of a “superhuman ability to hire. ”
The platform confirms that the number of companies willing to hire on a four-day basis has quadrupled over the past two years, reflecting the increasing adoption of hybrid work and the quest to improve quality of life, two years after the Corona epidemic.
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Countries like Spain and Iceland have had similar experiences, and the use of digital HQs can give businesses a competitive advantage, with 73% of respondents believing it is fundamental to making hybrid work successful.

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Content: Digital HQs fundamental to making hybrid work successful, say UK workers

Business messaging app provider finds cost-of-living crisis is eased by hybrid work, but 66% of employees would look for a new job immediately or within three months if hybrid or remote working was not an option

Over the last two years, the case for hybrid working has almost been cemented within UK corporate bodies. Now research from business messaging app provider Slack has further revealed the need for hybrid work in today’s climate, including the cost-of-living crisis, how both virtual and in-person office etiquette has changed, with new workplace habits forming, and why businesses must operate in a digital-first way as a result.

The survey was conducted among 1,003 office workers in the UK and the interviews were conducted online by Sapio Research in July 2022 using an email invitation and an online survey.

The results revealed that almost three-quarters (73%) of office workers believe hybrid work is here to stay and 53% think businesses should operate on a digital-first approach. Spending more time at home is a must for most, with almost two-thirds (66%) likely to start looking for a new job if hybrid or remote working was not offered.

That is no surprise, with 70% believing that hybrid work has helped them with the cost-of-living crisis, with less being spent on transport and lunches. However, the report observed it was not just a case of location flexibility, but time too, with almost nine in 10 (86%) saying they would prefer to work more hours in fewer days – mirroring the growing popularity of the four-day working week in the UK.

The research found that technology plays a defining role in creating a strong hybrid work environment. Some 84% of respondents said technology is enabling hybrid work, and has provided them with more location and time flexibility. As such, Slack proposed that the importance of a digital headquarters (HQ) that connects teams, tools, customers and partners all on one platform, has been established.

Almost three-quarters (74%) said a digital HQ was fundamental to making hybrid work a success, while 73% agreed that digital HQs could give businesses a competitive advantage.

In this new world of work, the research revealed that asynchronous work – where communication doesn’t need to happen in real time – was gaining popularity. Slack stressed that the benefits of asynchronous work could not be clearer, with many (69%) office workers claiming it gives them time to perfect ideas and responses before communicating, and 64% believing it maximises their productivity thanks to not having to wait for others to complete their tasks.

Asynchronous work was also said to save office workers an average of two hours 53 minutes a week by replacing real-time meetings.

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The survey also suggested that the shift towards hybrid work and a digital-first approach for many businesses means the design and role of the physical office has changed. It reported that 72% had made changes to their office design and set-up to suit hybrid work.

It also found that work etiquette has changed, with a number of virtual or hybrid meeting habits irritating workers. One of the top annoyances was colleagues not going on mute during meetings, especially when they have background noise (38%).

Workers themselves have even admitted they have not fully readjusted, with 34% speaking to themselves out loud while in the office and the same number forgetting how to make small talk.

“The way we work has changed, and we are never going back,” said Chris Mills, head of customer success, EMEA, at Slack. “That’s why all businesses should be introducing and prioritising a digital HQ. Companies that embrace a digital HQ and create an environment where culture can thrive for all employees are best placed to retain talent and thrive in 2022 and beyond.”

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Asynchronous work can save office workers an average of 2 hours and 53 minutes per week, and 64% of employees believe it maximizes their productivity, with technology enabling hybrid work, and 84% of respondents citing location and time flexibility.

The 100:80:100 framework allows employees to trade time for productivity, and companies can stay 100% productive with 20% less hours worked, with Four Day Week Global promoting 4-day workweek implementation and working with companies in 99 countries.

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“4 Day Week Global ” explores and studies with businesses to see if they can stay 100% productive if their employees work 20% less hours, four days a week.
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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.
Report: 92% of HR executives plan to use AI to enhance talent recruitment and management processes
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.
Focus more on production and return time to employees
“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.
Since January, similar pilot projects have been running in Ireland, North America and the UK, with 125 companies enrolled.
Andrew Barnes warns entrepreneurs: “Your biggest risk right now is not whether or not to try the four-day workday, but whether or not your biggest competitor has implemented it before you. ”
He emphasized that if entrepreneurs can ’ t re-imagine how the business works, employees will leave you and choose leaders with a broader vision.
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