More than 3,000 workers in 60 companies across the UK will try out the four-day work week. in what is considered the largest experimental scheme place anywhere in in world.
Employees from a wide range of Business and charitable organizations are expected to participate. in scheme that will run originally from June to December, including the Royal Society of Biology, London-based brewing company Pressure Drop, Manchester-based medical device firm, and fish ketchup. shop in Norfolk.
It comes like a push for companies are moving to a shorter workweek – crucial with no loss of pay while aiming for higher performance – gaining momentum as way of improvement of working conditions.
Pilot currently run university academics of Oxford and Cambridge and Boston College in United States, in partnership with in campaign group 4 Day Week Global, 4 Day Week UK Campaign and Autonomy Think Tank.
Starting a trial version for verification how such employment patterns can work in broad range of companies across the economyparticipation of 3,000 workers means more than the previous pilot project. in Iceland from Reykjavik city advice and national government which included more more than 2500 workers.
research comes after the Covid pandemic has left many people and companies to rethink their working models, with marked rise in hybrid and flexible practices that avoid standard nine to five, five days work week.
Joe O’Connor, Executive Director of 4 Day Week Global said no way “Turn the clock back to the pandemic world. “Managers and leaders are increasingly taking new model of work which focuses on qualitative of output, not quantity of hours,” he said. “Workers have come out of the pandemic with different expectations about what constitutes a healthy life.work balance.”
Other companies that have tried the four-day week who are not part of in latest include FTSE 100-listed consumer goods company Unilever, Japanese electronics company Panasonic, and London-based app-based Atom Bank.
Mark Downes, Executive Director of Royal Society of biology, said decision The four-day workweek challenge was partly a response to an “incredibly competitive” workforce. market.
“It’s about trying to make more be a good innovative employer attract and save our current personnel,” he said. “These species of opportunities matter a lot. This great for all.”
35 company employees mainly work in King’s Cross, London, but some have moved to remote working during a pandemic. Employees were told about the lawsuit last week, and responses so far have been overwhelmingly positive, Downes said.
Society will remain open five days a week, but with workers are usually divided between Monday-Thursday and Tuesday-Friday shifts.
