Staff working at 30 firms across the UK will work four-day weeks over the next six months for the same salary, as an experimental pilot gets underway.
Campaigners calling for a reduction in the number of working days have said it will create a better work-life balance but critics have warned it will lead to more stress as employees attempt to squeeze more work into fewer hours.
The trial, led by 4 Day Week Global, will see staff members from different organisations completing the usual amount of work, and up to 35 hours each week, but split over four days rather than five.
While lockdowns have made a large number of employees reevaluate the tricky work-life balance, a proposed four-day working week has been designed to offer employees flexible hours and increase productivity during working hours.
Joe O’Connor, pilot programme manager for 4 Day Week Global, said the concept will ‘herald in a bold new future of work’ during 2022.
Campaigners calling for a reduction in the number of working days have said it will create a better work-life balance but critics have warned it will lead to more stress as employees attempt to squeeze more work into fewer hours
