# Report: Benefits and Barriers of a 4-Day Workweek

## Executive Summary

The 4-day workweek represents a significant shift in global labor practices, with evidence from multiple countries demonstrating both substantial benefits and implementation challenges.

This report examines the growing international trend, drawing on successful implementations across various sectors and countries including Iceland, the UK, US, and New Zealand.

## Global Trend Analysis

### International Adoption
The 4-day workweek movement has gained momentum globally, with notable implementations across different regions:

- **Iceland**: Conducted the world's largest trial (2015-2019) involving 1% of its working population across multiple sectors
- **United Kingdom**: Major retailers like Morrisons and M&S have implemented compressed 4-day weeks; Atom Bank made it permanent for all employees
- **United States**: Companies like Bolt (San Francisco) and Wonderlic have adopted the model permanently
- **New Zealand**: Companies reporting 20

# Report: Benefits and Barriers of a 4-Day Workweek

## Executive Summary

The 4-day workweek represents a significant shift in global labor practices, with evidence from multiple countries demonstrating both substantial benefits and implementation challenges.

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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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When Hong Kong people were still working nine nights, seven days a week, five days a week, or even six days a week, some banks in the United Kingdom had already started to work four days a week.
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Atom Bank, a fintech bank in the United Kingdom, recently announced that it will let employees choose whether to work four days a week, and said that the company will not reduce employee pay, which is expected to benefit 430 employees.
However, under the four-day work, although the total working hours per week will be reduced from 37.5 hours to 34 hours, the daily working hours of employees will be extended by one hour to compensate for the extra day of vacation, that is, the daily working hours of employees will be increased from 7.5 hours to 8.5 hours.
According to Mark Mullen, CEO of Atom Bank, five-day work was an industrial necessity in the 19th century, and it is now obsolete. As the epidemic has completely changed the working model of many employees, companies have begun to consider how they can work more efficiently, healthily and happily, and in addition to promoting working from home, reducing the number of working days and hours is one of the new norm.
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In fact, four-day work is not new, there have been companies in the past, but mainly in European countries, and many people have questioned whether four-day work is more efficient than five-day work.
In the early days of Iceland, a pilot scheme was conducted between 2015 and 2019 to test whether a reduction in working days would lead to higher productivity, with 2,500 participants across pre-school education, social services, health care and office white-collar workers, accounting for more than 1% of the Icelandic workforce.
The testers worked 4 days on a trial basis, and the work week was reduced from 40 hours to 35 to 36 hours.
It was found that the productivity of most of the testers who adopted the four-day work system remained unchanged or even improved.
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The median working week in Hong Kong is 45 hours.
According to the Quarterly Report of the General Household Survey for the third quarter of 2021 released by the Government, the median number of working hours per week for wage earners in Hong Kong is 45 hours, which is 10 hours more than in Iceland.
US mobile security technology company KISI earlier released the "2021 work-life balance city ranking", Hong Kong ranked 45th out of 50 statistical places, is the largest city in the world in the statistics of overworked population, nearly 3 adults appear overworked.
Hong Kong people are known to love to work again, do you think it is possible to implement a four-day work in Hong Kong?
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Content: Dunelm is the latest UK business to trial a shorter hybrid-working model that allows some employees to work four days a week.

According to Retail Week, the homewares retailer is testing different four-day work patterns for its employees in particular departments, with the possibility of expanding the initiative once the trial period is completed.

A memo to employees said those taking part in the limited trial can work from home or in the office.

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Dunelm is not the only retailer that allows employees to work four-day weeks.

Sainsbury’s announced last week that employees at its headquarters, warehouses, and store managers in its 1,400 UK stores would be able to work a four-day week.

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Morrisons and M&S have also introduced compressed four-day work weeks as part of their flexible working policy, which aims to help employees achieve a better work-life balance.

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Is the four-day workweek inevitable? Maybe not for agencies

Some agencies are making it work. But hourly billing models—not to mention client demands—present challenges.

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For many, the pandemic turned workplace norms like daily commutes and desk salads into relics of the past. Now, with higher burnout rates and increasing calls for greater work-life balance, many believe the five-day work week is the next to go. The 32-hour week is even gaining support in Congress.

But in agency settings, where business is often subject to client whims and schedules, it’s less a question of why the need for a four-day week and more a question of if it’s even possible.

Happy Friday, indeed

Lisa Kribs, founding partner of social impact marketing firm TGW Studio in Rochester, New York, told Marketing Brew the eight-person agency went to a four-day schedule almost two years ago and will never look back.

Kribs said giving employees that extra day to travel, catch up on chores, or pick up a hobby has been great for morale and productivity. “This is about mental health. This is about family. And this is about taking care of yourself,” Kribs said. “Rolling something like this out, it’s more than a perk. It’s just a way of being.”

Kribs calls TGW Studio a “social impact” marketing firm, working with clients like Planned Parenthood and 1% for the Planet. She said that while most of TGW’s clients do not operate on a four-day schedule, the agency’s decision has been respected overall. “Sometimes there’s a little bit of sarcasm around it,” she said. “You know, ‘Oh, I know you guys are off today.’” But she’s also seen clients pitch their own C-suites on why they should do a four-day week, too.

Calls for less demanding work hours are not just restricted to the US, which is known for its blurry lines between work and leisure. Brandish, a 30-person creative branding and marketing agency in Winnipeg, Canada, decided to cut out Fridays this November. Some of the company’s past clients include MIG Insurance and Birchwood Automotive Group.

Derek Elliott, partner and engagement director, said he’s seen a boost in both morale and in operations since the switch. “People approach meetings with more energy. People are more efficient with their time on days that aren’t Friday. And certainly from a work perspective, I think we found that the collaboration increases and the output of the work also gets better.”

Both TGW and Brandish operate partly on a project-based billing model, which Elliott and Kribs both said was key to being able to switch to a four-day week. Making the switch was about streamlining meetings, launching campaigns earlier in the week, and replacing what Kribs calls “water cooler talk” with more focused work time—all while maintaining the same workload as before.

“We just tried to trust each other that we’re going to get done what needs to get done,” Kribs said.

No way, four-day

For agencies that operate on an hourly billing model, moving to a four-day week is not impossible, but can present more challenges. Barry Lowenthal, CEO of Media Kitchen, remains skeptical that a four-day week could ever work in a large agency setting with billable hours. For it to happen, he told Marketing Brew that clients would need to make the first move.

“Clients and service people would need to hold hands and say, ‘This is how we want to view work moving forward.’ I haven’t seen that really happen yet,” he told us.

Until an alliance happens or regulation gets passed, Lowenthal said it will be difficult for agencies to scale back and reduce their output and availability (aka revenue). According to Lowenthal, that’s why he pushed for Media Kitchen’s other employee benefits, like unlimited time off and the ability to work wherever.

Some agencies, like B2B marketing agency RedSprout Media in London, tried the four-day week and realized it wasn’t a fit. As a result, business publication Raconteur reported that the company opted for a 30-hour, “anytime, anywhere” policy where employees work where and when they want throughout the week.

Ultimately, the pandemic has revealed that employees around the world have realized the need for better work-life balance. The push for a four-day week is a sign, and a signal to employers, that the nine-to-five, in-office norms of pre-pandemic life may not fly once this is all over.

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Content: The country of Iceland has released the analysis of its 4-day work week experiment and the results speak for themselves.

The trials run by Reykjavík City Council and the national government took place from 2015 to 2019 and included about 1% of Iceland’s working population, making it the world’s largest shortened workweek trial to date. The findings show that paying people the same amount to work fewer hours per week results in a happier, healthier workforce with similar or increased productivity. Who knew?

Will Stronge, director of research at Autonomy, a UK think tank that co-conducted a study of the trials, said in a statement: “This study shows that the world’s largest-ever trial of a shorter working week in the public sector was by all measures an overwhelming success. It shows that the public sector is ripe for being a pioneer of shorter working weeks—and lessons can be learned for other governments.”

So what are those lessons we can learn?

1) There’s nothing magical about a 40-hour workweek.

Most of the workers in the trial reduced their hours from 40 […]

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What Does A 4-Day Work Week Look Like?

Businesses would likely be open earlier and to remain open later, making them more available for working customers because of longer business hours.

A study conducted by a New Zealand business confirmed a 4-day work week is more productive than a 5-day work week. The shorter week increased employee engagement.

Not only does a 4 day work week increase employee satisfaction, company commitment, and teamwork, but it also decreases stress levels and a companies carbon footprint.

What Is A 4/10 Schedule?

A 4/10 work schedule is a compressed schedule where employees work four 10-hour days within a week rather than five eight-hour days. While most workplaces using a 4/10 schedule opt to have their employees work Monday through Thursday with Friday through Sunday off, some prefer to give their employees a day off in the middle of the week.

Will A 4-Day Work Week Ever Happen?

According to changerecruitmentgroup.com, A 4-day work week may seem like a radical idea, but we’ve gradually reduced the number of hours worked within a typical work week since the late 19th century.

In 1890, the United States government estimated that a full-time employee within a manufacturing plant worked an average of 100 hours a week. By the mid-20th century, manufacturing employees only worked 40 hours a week. Reducing our current work week to 28 hours isn’t nearly as radical.

As we've recently seen, remote work strengthens this argument. The addition of AI technology also helps.

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How Has Michigan Contributed To Our Current 5 Day Work Week?

In 1908, the first five-day workweek in the United States was instituted by a New England cotton mill so that Jewish workers would not have to work on the Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.

In 1926, Henry Ford began shutting down his automotive factories for all of Saturday and Sunday. In 1929, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Union was the first union to demand and receive a five-day workweek.

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Manufacturing firm offers four-day week to all 820 staff

A Coventry-based manufacturing firm has confirmed it will permanently offer its 820 employees a four-day week.

Industry research business The Manufacturing Technology Centre has said it plans to implement the new working structure after half of employees reported better productivity.

The company said all workers will now have the option to work a four-day week, ensuring they still work a contracted 36 hours a week, from September.

It comes after a two-year trial at the company, which resulted in 50% of workers saying they have better productivity levels than during a five-day week.

Meanwhile, 83% of employees said they were happier, 42% reported increased energy levels, and 40% experienced better mental health, according to staff surveys.

“We’ve been operating flexible working patterns since April 2018, but employee engagement surveys have shown that staff wanted to extend this further,” said Vicki Sanderson, HR director at the MTC.

“We explored a range of options, including researching what was important for millennials and generation Z, as 79% of our workforce fall into these categories.

“Work-life balance was the priority, and our survey results reflected this.”

The centre said it will now share its data and lessons from the trial with industrial partners including Siemens, Rolls-Royce and Meggitt.

Dr Clive Hickman, chief executive of the MTC, said: “Flexible working has been the norm at the MTC long before the pandemic, but employees told us there was more we could do.

“The result is our Fully Flexible Working Week, including a four-day week, which I’m proud to be making permanent.

“The MTC is striving to become the most attractive employer in the country, and this is a big step towards achieving that.”

It comes after the UK’s biggest trial of a new four-day working week started last month, with more than 3,300 workers at 70 companies taking part.

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India’s new labour codes likely in 2022; 4-day work-week, reduced salary and more

According to a senior official, the four labour regulations covering salary, social security, occupational safety, industrial relations, health and working conditions are expected to be enacted by the following fiscal year. Working hours, wage restructure, and PF contribution, to name a few, would all be affected by the new wage law once it is enacted. At least 13 states have pre-published draft rules on these laws, according to the official, and the Centre completed the process of finalising the draft regulations on these codes in February 2021.

The central government announced 4 labour rules on August 8, 2019: the Code on Social Security, the Industrial Relations Code,2020, the Wage code, 2019 and the Code on Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions, 2020. Because labour is a concurrent subject, the Centre wants the states to accept it all at once, according to the source. Employees’ take-home pay for the following fiscal year, i.e. April 2021, may be reduced as a result of the government’s Code on Wages, however components such as PF and Gratuity may increase. This is because the new pay rule stipulates that an employee’s basic income must equal at least 50% of their net monthly CTC. As a result, if this provision is implemented, employees will be unable to earn more than 50% of their net monthly compensation in the form of an allowance. As a result, the employee’s gratuity and PF payment are likely to increase. As a result, while employees’ take-home pay may decrease, the Gratuity and PF component of their salary may increase.

Experts believe that the new draft will have an impact on employees’ working hours, with some news sources reporting that employees may be allowed a four-day workweek starting next year, however they will be required to work for 12 hours on those four days. The ministry of labour appears to have said unequivocally that a minimum of 48 hours weekly work is required.

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San Francisco unicorn startup Bolt announces new employee benefits: a permanent four-day workweek.
The e-commerce development company trialed the system last fall, and the results were very positive.
“I can ’ t think of a better way to run this company, ” said Ryan Breslow, founder and CEO.
Breslow said that with the implementation of the program, the company has increased productivity, streamlined workflows, and employees are happy.
At the end of the three-month pilot program, Bolt conducted an opinion survey and 94% of employees and 91% of management wanted the program to continue.
In addition, 84% of employees reported increased productivity, 86% reported increased productivity, and 84% found a better work-life balance.
Breslow noted that the idea is not to increase the number of hours employees work, but to increase their productivity.
After the implementation of the plan, the concentration of employees during working hours has increased significantly.
“Many companies are like ‘ theater ’ where people care more about appearances than the work itself, so there are endless meetings and endless reports, ” Breslow added.
In this case, it is impossible to exclude noise from the core of the problem. "
With 550 full-time employees, Bolt is one of the few companies in the United States to implement a four-day workweek.
Supporters of the system hope that this approach will be adopted by more businesses, especially at a time when the focus is on attracting and retaining employees.
Millions of people in the United States have quit their jobs in the Great Resignation over the past few months, a record 4.5 million last November alone.
Joe O ’ Connor, Global Experiment Program Manager at 4 Day Week Global, said: “The companies we ’ ve helped transition to a four-day week say it ’ s significantly broadened the pool of potential candidates. ”
In fact, in July last year, Members of the United States introduced a bill to reduce the working week from the standard 40 hours to 32 hours, but no progress has been made.
The four-day work week is not applicable to all businesses, because the business model of each company is different.
“It should be seen as a starting point for how companies can work smarter and more efficiently, ” O ’ Connor said.
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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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California Rep. Mark Takano has again submitted to Congress his bill, which would impose 32 hours of work a week in the United States, to become a federal labor law.
Once passed, the number of working hours per week in the United States would be reduced from 40 to 32.
The law also includes a proposal for overtime pay for any work done after 32 hours, which will encourage companies to pay extra salaries to employees working longer hours, and encourage companies to hire more people.
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Content: Rise of the four day week? Bank becomes largest British company to slash hours for staff

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."

Workers will see hours cut but not salaries (Image: Getty)

Atom CEO Mark Mullen (Image: Atom )

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.

The five day week was introduced by carmaker Henry Ford in the 1920s (Image: Getty)

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.

Atom was launched in 2016 as the UK's first app based bank offering savings accounts, mortgages and business loans.

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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 challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

This report examines the growing international trend, drawing on successful implementations across various sectors and countries including Iceland, the UK, US, and New Zealand.

## Global Trend Analysis

### International Adoption
The 4-day workweek movement has gained momentum globally, with notable implementations across different regions:

- **Iceland**: Conducted the world's largest trial (2015-2019) involving 1% of its working population across multiple sectors
- **United Kingdom**: Major retailers like Morrisons and M&S have implemented compressed 4-day weeks; Atom Bank made it permanent for all employees
- **United States**: Companies like Bolt (San Francisco) and Wonderlic have adopted the model permanently
- **New Zealand**: Companies reporting 20

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According to foreign media reports, researchers from the British non-profit organization "4 Day Week Global" and top universities such as Autonomy think tank, Cambridge, Oxford and Boston, USA, led the three-day weekend trial, and found 61 companies in different fields, a total of 2,900 employees from June 2022, to maintain the three-day weekend work mode for six months, with no change in salary.
This experiment is also the world 's largest weekly rest 3 day experiment, also in the recent experimental results released, the results found that for employees, not only can get enough sleep and improve anxiety problems, work laziness, but also more time to study and accompany their families, "71% of employees think that after the implementation of the weekly rest 3 days, work laziness is reduced, 40% of people also feel their own. Mental health and physical conditions have improved", and 96% of the employees admitted that they prefer to take a 3-day week off, and 15% of them insisted that they continue to take a 3-day week off, even if the salary is increased, they will not want to return to the 2-day week mode.
Brendan Burchell, a professor of social sciences at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, also mentioned that before the trial, there was concern that employees working only four days a week might usher in higher intensity work, which would offset the benefits of three days off, but the results showed that “people found various ways to be more productive and reduce a lot of time wasted. ”
Because of the improvement of the physical and mental conditions of employees, the 61 companies in this experiment also benefited, not only the number of sick days of employees decreased by 60%, the turnover rate of employees decreased, and the average income increased by about 1%, so most companies want to continue to implement the three-day week off model.
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Which company in San Francisco has announced a permanent 4-day workweek?

Which company in San Francisco has announced a permanent 4-day workweek?

Which company in San Francisco has announced a permanent 4-day workweek?

Which company in San Francisco has announced a permanent 4-day workweek?

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# Report: Benefits and Barriers of a 4-Day Workweek

## Executive Summary

The global trend toward a 4-day workweek represents a significant shift in labor policy and workplace culture.

Evidence from various countries, particularly Iceland's comprehensive trials, demonstrates that this model can deliver substantial benefits including improved employee well-being, maintained or increased productivity, and better work-life balance.

However, successful implementation requires careful planning, operational adjustments, and consideration of industry-specific challenges.

## Global Trends and Adoption

### Leading Examples

**Iceland** conducted the world's largest 4-day workweek trial from 2015-2019, involving approximately 2,500 workers (1% of the workforce) across various sectors including education, social services, healthcare, and office work.

The results were overwhelmingly positive, showing maintained or improved productivity while reducing weekly hours from 40 to 35-36 hours without pay cuts.

**United Kingdom** has seen significant

# Report: Benefits and Barriers of a 4-Day Workweek

## Executive Summary

The global trend toward a 4-day workweek represents a significant shift in labor policy and workplace culture.

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Content: [Workplace benefits] British Bank changed to 4 days of work artificial unchanged CEO: 5 days of work is a product of the 19th century
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When Hong Kong people were still working nine nights, seven days a week, five days a week, or even six days a week, some banks in the United Kingdom had already started to work four days a week.
Portugal ’ s new remote work law prohibits employers from contacting employees during off-hours: Click here
Atom Bank, a fintech bank in the United Kingdom, recently announced that it will let employees choose whether to work four days a week, and said that the company will not reduce employee pay, which is expected to benefit 430 employees.
However, under the four-day work, although the total working hours per week will be reduced from 37.5 hours to 34 hours, the daily working hours of employees will be extended by one hour to compensate for the extra day of vacation, that is, the daily working hours of employees will be increased from 7.5 hours to 8.5 hours.
According to Mark Mullen, CEO of Atom Bank, five-day work was an industrial necessity in the 19th century, and it is now obsolete. As the epidemic has completely changed the working model of many employees, companies have begun to consider how they can work more efficiently, healthily and happily, and in addition to promoting working from home, reducing the number of working days and hours is one of the new norm.
Iceland Trials 4-Day Job Productivity to Rise
In fact, four-day work is not new, there have been companies in the past, but mainly in European countries, and many people have questioned whether four-day work is more efficient than five-day work.
In the early days of Iceland, a pilot scheme was conducted between 2015 and 2019 to test whether a reduction in working days would lead to higher productivity, with 2,500 participants across pre-school education, social services, health care and office white-collar workers, accounting for more than 1% of the Icelandic workforce.
The testers worked 4 days on a trial basis, and the work week was reduced from 40 hours to 35 to 36 hours.
It was found that the productivity of most of the testers who adopted the four-day work system remained unchanged or even improved.
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The median working week in Hong Kong is 45 hours.
According to the Quarterly Report of the General Household Survey for the third quarter of 2021 released by the Government, the median number of working hours per week for wage earners in Hong Kong is 45 hours, which is 10 hours more than in Iceland.
US mobile security technology company KISI earlier released the "2021 work-life balance city ranking", Hong Kong ranked 45th out of 50 statistical places, is the largest city in the world in the statistics of overworked population, nearly 3 adults appear overworked.
Hong Kong people are known to love to work again, do you think it is possible to implement a four-day work in Hong Kong?
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Content: "People are exhausted": BC political leader calls for four-day workweek across the province

Feb 23 2023, 8:22 pm

A BC political leader is calling on the government to introduce a four-day workweek across the province.

The leader in question is Sonia Furstenau, the head of the BC Green Party, who tweeted that “people are exhausted from trying to keep up with rising costs of living, inadequate healthcare, and working through a pandemic.”

Furstenau said that she wants this pilot not to impact the amount people are paid and doesn’t want to see people working longer hours.

Many places worldwide and in Canada have done trials around a four-day workweek, including right here in BC.

Last year, Merritt said it was introducing a four-day workweek pilot for a whole year for City of Merritt staff. Merritt introduced the pilot idea due to concerns about staff retention and morale.

“It’s time BCers had a better work-life balance,” Furstenau continued in a tweet thread.

Results from pilots and trials in BC, across Canada, and around the world prove that a four-day week is good for businesses and good for people.”

Furstenau says, “working more hours does not mean working better.”

“The time has come to test a new way of working that fits in the world we want to shape. This pilot would be the start of renewing our economy towards better working conditions, well-being, and a healthier life.

Furstenau also brought the idea forward in 2020.

Most people have responded positively to Furstenau’s tweet, with one person saying, “good idea,” another saying, “more of this please,” and one person simply tweeting, “🔥.”

One person was on the other side of the fence, suggesting it wouldn’t work in their industry.

A poll conducted last year suggested most Canadians would welcome a shortened workweek. How would you feel about a four-day workweek across BC? Let us know in the comments.

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Our columnist argues that it is crucial for Americans to not allow work to define their lives. Their family, friends, hobbies and interests are just as important.

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The average American will spend almost 90,000 hours working in their lifetime. Our jobs take up a third of our entire life.

The 40-hour work week has been the standard for full-time employees in the United States for decades since it became federal law in 1940, but many have noticed that this schedule leaves little time for family, friends and self-care. In response to this, Senator Bernie Sanders recently proposed the implementation of a 32-hour work week over a four-year period.

Sanders’ support of a 32-hour week, which would come without any decreases in pay or benefits, is centered around the idea that while Americans are more productive than ever, wages and work-life balance are at a low in the U.S. American full-time employees work 400 more hours than most of our European counterparts and other industrialized nations while falling behind in terms of mental well-being.

In the 2024 World Happiness Report, Generation Z and millennial Americans scored lower than the country’s older generations. Whether they’re entering the workforce or a few years in, young Americans feel a sense of hopelessness, depression and anxiety. As a whole, the U.S ranked 23rd, much lower than the rest of the industrialized world.

Sanders’ proposal cites a pilot program conducted in the United Kingdom – which currently ranks higher than the U.S. in the World Happiness Report – where several companies operated under a four-day work week, resulting in overall improvement in mental and physical health of workers.

Sanders is far from the first to speak out in favor of a shortened work week. Back in 1956, then-Vice President Richard Nixon advocated for a four-day work week that could allow American families to spend more time together and less time working.

Sanders’ legislation is also backed by several members of Congress, including Representative Mark Takano, who said many Americans are “reimagining their relationship to labor” and should be able to live fulfilling lives outside of work.

Following the pandemic, people became acutely aware of the 40-hour work week’s toll as they returned to offices and other in-person tasks. Today, some Americans would prefer an improved work-life balance over a higher salary.

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As the newest members of the workforce, Generation Z makes up much of this conversation. By next year, Gen Z will compose almost 30% of the workforce. As we immerse ourselves into the job market, the majority of Gen Z sees work-life balance as a major priority when looking at jobs with factors like company ethics and job security trailing right behind.

Kayla Jones, a graduate student in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, will start working eight-and-a-half hours for five days a week this summer. While she has always had an interest in the tech field, she’s concerned about finding time for her interests outside of work.

“An extra day would allow me to not be solely focused on work throughout the week and have time for work, dance and other activities,” Jones said. “Most people, myself included, find themselves unproductive and checked out by Friday anyways.”

Feelings of burnout by the end of the week are common among full-time employees. The majority of workers believe a four-day work week would boost productivity and allow them to devote more time to family and other household responsibilities. At the same time, the U.K. study found that the shortened work week, according to the participating employers, resulted in no lost productivity.

Lucio Maffei, a senior studying political philosophy and ethics, will be attending law school in the fall with plans to become a public defender. Like Jones, he’s worried about work-life balance and what it will look like in the future.

“Law is a very grueling and overworked profession and is known to have an overextended work week,” Maffei said. “Many companies ignore employee concerns over balance. With technology and remote work options, there should absolutely be conversations around and room for more flexibility and balance.”

It’s important to realize that we are all people outside of our work who have family, friends, hobbies, hopes and interests. What you do for a living should not prevent you from pursuing your passions and being with who you love. While one’s job can and should be a fulfilling and important aspect of your life, it should not be everything or all-consuming – we work to live, we should not live to work.

Shortening the work week, even just by eight hours, allows for work to not be the sole focus of one’s life.

Kaitlyn Paige is a junior studying Public Relations. Her column appears bi-weekly, and she can be reached at [email protected].

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Manufacturing firm offers four-day week to all 820 staff

A Coventry-based manufacturing firm has confirmed it will permanently offer its 820 employees a four-day week.

Industry research business The Manufacturing Technology Centre has said it plans to implement the new working structure after half of employees reported better productivity.

The company said all workers will now have the option to work a four-day week, ensuring they still work a contracted 36 hours a week, from September.

It comes after a two-year trial at the company, which resulted in 50% of workers saying they have better productivity levels than during a five-day week.

Meanwhile, 83% of employees said they were happier, 42% reported increased energy levels, and 40% experienced better mental health, according to staff surveys.

“We’ve been operating flexible working patterns since April 2018, but employee engagement surveys have shown that staff wanted to extend this further,” said Vicki Sanderson, HR director at the MTC.

“We explored a range of options, including researching what was important for millennials and generation Z, as 79% of our workforce fall into these categories.

“Work-life balance was the priority, and our survey results reflected this.”

The centre said it will now share its data and lessons from the trial with industrial partners including Siemens, Rolls-Royce and Meggitt.

Dr Clive Hickman, chief executive of the MTC, said: “Flexible working has been the norm at the MTC long before the pandemic, but employees told us there was more we could do.

“The result is our Fully Flexible Working Week, including a four-day week, which I’m proud to be making permanent.

“The MTC is striving to become the most attractive employer in the country, and this is a big step towards achieving that.”

It comes after the UK’s biggest trial of a new four-day working week started last month, with more than 3,300 workers at 70 companies taking part.

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Content: Scottish public sector workers have started working a four-day week to test whether the practice could be rolled out country-wide.

The Scottish Government confirmed a pilot was underway involving around 140 staff at South of Scotland Enterprise doing a 32-hour week without loss of pay.

Although this represents only three hours less per week, the shift to four day working is seen as key to changing people's work-life balance.

The move follows Humza Yousaf announcing the experiment as part of his Programme for Government last September.

It was confirmed in a written parliamentary answer by economy secretary Neil Gray.

He said: “Work has commenced on the 4 Day Working Week Public Sector Pilot to assess the wellbeing, environmental and productivity benefits a 4 Day Working Week could bring.

“We have appointed [think tank] Autonomy as our expert partner to support the pilot.

“The team involved in this project have previous 4 Day Working Week pilot experience including from the Valencian Government pilot, and the Icelandic public sector pilot.

“The South of Scotland Enterprise 4 Day Working Week pathfinder work is being folded into Autonomy’s methodology, and engagement will continue with other public bodies interested in participating in the 32-hour working week pilot.

“Autonomy will also provide support and evaluate organisations moving to a contractual 35 hour working week.

“This will capture valuable insights from a wider range of public bodies on different shorter work week models and be included in the 4 Day Working Week evaluation report.”

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The pilot is expected to run around 12 months to see if it can extended across the Scottish public sector and inspire the private sector to adopt it.

In 2022, a six-month pilot involving 61 companies employing 2,900 people in the UK ended with 56 of the firms reporting they would continue with the system, 18 permanently.

Employees reported feeling less stressed, anxious, fatigued and sleepless afterwards, while company revenues stayed broadly the same or higher.

Almost one in six employees said they would not accept a return to a five-day week.

Green MSP Ross Greer, whose question elicited the information, said normalising a four-day working week with no loss of pay would transform workers’ health and wellbeing.

Mr Greer, whose party has had a four-day week for staff since 2022, said: “The four-day working week has a transformative impact on work-life balance, health and happiness.

“It means people can spend more time with their families, friends and loved ones and it helps employers retain staff and boost productivity.

“We have seen the benefits for ourselves, including better job satisfaction and a reduction in stress. The Scottish Government is rightly leading by example with these pilots.

“They will provide a lot of useful evidence and lessons which will in turn help other sectors and businesses to make the shift.”

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Will Stronge, Director of Research at Autonomy, said: “We're very pleased to be working with the Scottish Government on this historic trial.

“Alongside those who are already underway with the pilot and others who have already expressed interest, we will be looking to sign up a number of public sector organisations as the year progresses.

“A four-day week with no loss of pay has been trialled extensively across the private sector and parts of the public sector to great success: it’s important that we find out if it can also work in public sector organisations in Scotland.”

Joe Ryle, Director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, added: “Numerous trials and pilots from across the world have shown that a four-day week with no loss of pay increases productivity and improves work-life balance.

“It is working extremely well for many businesses in the private sector so it's only right and fair to see if those benefits can be applied to the public sector.

“One hundred years ago we moved from a six-day week to a five-day week. It's great to see Scotland now leading the charge towards a four-day week."

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India’s new labour codes likely in 2022; 4-day work-week, reduced salary and more

According to a senior official, the four labour regulations covering salary, social security, occupational safety, industrial relations, health and working conditions are expected to be enacted by the following fiscal year. Working hours, wage restructure, and PF contribution, to name a few, would all be affected by the new wage law once it is enacted. At least 13 states have pre-published draft rules on these laws, according to the official, and the Centre completed the process of finalising the draft regulations on these codes in February 2021.

The central government announced 4 labour rules on August 8, 2019: the Code on Social Security, the Industrial Relations Code,2020, the Wage code, 2019 and the Code on Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions, 2020. Because labour is a concurrent subject, the Centre wants the states to accept it all at once, according to the source. Employees’ take-home pay for the following fiscal year, i.e. April 2021, may be reduced as a result of the government’s Code on Wages, however components such as PF and Gratuity may increase. This is because the new pay rule stipulates that an employee’s basic income must equal at least 50% of their net monthly CTC. As a result, if this provision is implemented, employees will be unable to earn more than 50% of their net monthly compensation in the form of an allowance. As a result, the employee’s gratuity and PF payment are likely to increase. As a result, while employees’ take-home pay may decrease, the Gratuity and PF component of their salary may increase.

Experts believe that the new draft will have an impact on employees’ working hours, with some news sources reporting that employees may be allowed a four-day workweek starting next year, however they will be required to work for 12 hours on those four days. The ministry of labour appears to have said unequivocally that a minimum of 48 hours weekly work is required.

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Content: Rise of the four day week? Bank becomes largest British company to slash hours for staff

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."

Workers will see hours cut but not salaries (Image: Getty)

Atom CEO Mark Mullen (Image: Atom )

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.

The five day week was introduced by carmaker Henry Ford in the 1920s (Image: Getty)

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.

Atom was launched in 2016 as the UK's first app based bank offering savings accounts, mortgages and business loans.

Evidence from various countries, particularly Iceland's comprehensive trials, demonstrates that this model can deliver substantial benefits including improved employee well-being, maintained or increased productivity, and better work-life balance.

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Content: The country of Iceland has released the analysis of its 4-day work week experiment and the results speak for themselves.

The trials run by Reykjavík City Council and the national government took place from 2015 to 2019 and included about 1% of Iceland’s working population, making it the world’s largest shortened workweek trial to date. The findings show that paying people the same amount to work fewer hours per week results in a happier, healthier workforce with similar or increased productivity. Who knew?

Will Stronge, director of research at Autonomy, a UK think tank that co-conducted a study of the trials, said in a statement: “This study shows that the world’s largest-ever trial of a shorter working week in the public sector was by all measures an overwhelming success. It shows that the public sector is ripe for being a pioneer of shorter working weeks—and lessons can be learned for other governments.”

So what are those lessons we can learn?

1) There’s nothing magical about a 40-hour workweek.

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Content: 4 Easy Ways To Maintain A Healthy Work-Life Balance

Balancing professional and personal life has become a major challenge especially since 2020 because the majority of us are working from home. For most people, work always takes preference over everything else in our lives, even our family and health. We become so desirable to achieve professional success that we keep ignoring other important things.

Maintaining harmony in both personal and professional life is very essential not only to improve our physical, emotional, and mental well-being but to perform well in our work. Regular stress from the never-ending workday can have negative effects on our personal relationships and overall happiness.

Considering the strong side effects of overworking many organizations have started incorporating flexible learning solutions in their work culture. Tools like Trainual help employees overcome the challenge of managing employee training along with their work.

While organizations are doing their bit to help employee’s build a healthy work-life balance, here are some of the ways employees can do it themselves:

  1. Set Work Hours

Try to set a boundary for your work hours and inform your colleagues, teammates, and even your manager about it to avoid burning the midnight oil. Inform them politely that you will not be accessible after your working hours unless it is very important. This will ensure they respect your boundaries and expectations.

Try to take your mind off your work after you clock out. Whether you are working from home or office, it is necessary to decide when to work and when to stop working; else, you will end up working late nights and even on weekends.

  1. Manage Your Priorities & Goals

Invest some time thoughtfully thinking about what is most important and relevant to you, and make a list of your top priorities. Then analyze it by asking yourself these key questions: What is most important and urgent? What do I need to start doing right now? What do I need to stop doing?

This will provide you with strong and measurable goals. Block some time from your busy schedule for activities that need urgent attention like a doctor’s appointment or running through some errands.

  1. Workout & Meditate

We are so busy with our lives that we have forgotten the power of exercise and meditation, and we either neglect it or procrastinate doing it. Exercising and meditation keep not only our physical health in check but also calm our minds, help us to make much better decisions in life, and reduce stress.

If you feel too lazy to exercise sometimes, try to add some easy habits to your lifestyle that will make a lot of difference. These habits are walking when you are on call, some stretching and face exercises while working, taking stairs instead of the lift whenever possible, and meditating for at least 5 mins in regular intervals.

  1. Take A Break

Overstretching yourself at work may give you professional success but you will lose a lot more valuable things in life like your physical health, mental health, and relationships. It is good to give yourself a break and take a day off when you have overworked someday and you feel that your brain is completely saturated.

Make some time for your loved ones, watch your favorite TV show, read, sleep, and do whatever you enjoy to relax your mind. Make use of your leaves and take a vacation once in a while.

CONCLUSION:

Having self-awareness about your own personal and professional priorities is very important. While we all need to work hard to achieve success in our careers, we also have to take into account that taking some time out for ourselves is very essential too. Having a healthy work-life balance can bring you satisfaction and allow you to stay more productive at work.

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 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 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 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 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 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

However, successful implementation requires careful planning, operational adjustments, and consideration of industry-specific challenges.

What challenges will the companies with diverse workforce have for implementing 4-day workweek??

Complicated to roll out for large companies

## Global Trends and Adoption

### Leading Examples

**Iceland** conducted the world's largest 4-day workweek trial from 2015-2019, involving approximately 2,500 workers (1% of the workforce) across various sectors including education, social services, healthcare, and office work.

The results were overwhelmingly positive, showing maintained or improved productivity while reducing weekly hours from 40 to 35-36 hours without pay cuts.

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

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

Increase in work quality indicators
Increase in productivity

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

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

Increase in work quality indicators
Increase in productivity

**United Kingdom** has seen significant