4-day work week

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If only retail was like this.

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Four-Day Workweek Going Well Globally, Study Says

Dec 5, 2022, 02:24pm EST

A global study into the four-day workweek has reported positive results all round.

33 companies and 903 workers are trialing a four-day workweek over a period of 6 months and in a recent survey, the vast majority reported they would not go back to a five-day workweek after it has ended.

A survey conducted by 4 Day Week Global shows that 97% of the 495 respondents want to stay with a four-day workweek and so do the 27 companies that responded.

The companies taking part in this project were mostly based in the U.S. and Ireland and they reported an increase in productivity and a reported rise in company revenue.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexledsom ... cdbb784195

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South Cambridgeshire District Council staff less stressed on four-day week trial

1 day ago

More than 60% of council workers on a four-day working week trial said they were less stressed, a report said.

Desk-based staff at South Cambridgeshire District Council are taking part in the trial until March.

The trial involves colleagues working a 30-hour week on the same full-time pay.

Two weeks into the trial, 63% of workers said they felt "less stressed" or "much less stressed", while 17% said they were "a little stressed", the district council's report said.

Sixty percent of colleagues said they had enough time to do their jobs, but 17% said they did not.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cam ... e-64453463

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Four-day week: ‘major breakthrough’ as most UK firms in trial extend changes

Nearly all companies taking part opt to continue with new pattern as staff report better work-life balance

Tue 21 Feb 2023 00.01 GMT

The vast majority of companies taking part in the world’s largest trial of a four-day week have opted to continue with the new working pattern, in a result hailed as evidence that it could work across the UK economy.

Of the 61 companies that entered the six-month trial, 56 have extended the four-day week, including 18 who have made it permanent.

The findings will be presented to MPs on Tuesday as part of a push urging politicians to give all workers in Britain a 32-hour week.

Joe Ryle, the director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, called the trial a “major breakthrough moment”, adding: “Across a wide variety of sectors, wellbeing has improved dramatically for staff; and business productivity has either been maintained or improved in nearly every case.

“We’re really pleased with the results and hopefully it does show that the time to roll out a four-day week more widely has surely come.”

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/ ... ss-pattern

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What is it with the Right Wing and their absolute HATRED of progress?

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Rightwing lobby group campaigns to undermine UK four-day week

Fri 7 Jul 2023 15.07 BST

A rightwing lobby group that does not declare its donors is spearheading a campaign to undermine the spread of the four-day week in the UK.

The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has emerged as a key influence behind ministerial attempts in the last week to try to shut down the first public sector trial of a shorter working week at South Cambridgeshire district council (SCDC).

There are signs of a town hall fightback, with shorter hours now poised to be introduced in neighbouring Cambridge city council, and eight other English councils said to be considering testing the approach. Glasgow city council said it was monitoring pilot programmes and described the four-day working week as “an aspirational position”.

Dozens of private companies have successfully trialled the working pattern, and councils regard it as a solution to acute recruitment and retention problems that nine out of 10 councils say they face.

The levelling up, housing and communities secretary, Michael Gove, told council leaders this week he believed “very strongly” that taxpayers “need to have people working a full five-day week”.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... dApp_Other

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What is it with the Right Wing and their absolute HATRED of progress?

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Rightwing lobby group campaigns to undermine UK four-day week

Fri 7 Jul 2023 15.07 BST

A rightwing lobby group that does not declare its donors is spearheading a campaign to undermine the spread of the four-day week in the UK.

The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has emerged as a key influence behind ministerial attempts in the last week to try to shut down the first public sector trial of a shorter working week at South Cambridgeshire district council (SCDC).

There are signs of a town hall fightback, with shorter hours now poised to be introduced in neighbouring Cambridge city council, and eight other English councils said to be considering testing the approach. Glasgow city council said it was monitoring pilot programmes and described the four-day working week as “an aspirational position”.

Dozens of private companies have successfully trialled the working pattern, and councils regard it as a solution to acute recruitment and retention problems that nine out of 10 councils say they face.

The levelling up, housing and communities secretary, Michael Gove, told council leaders this week he believed “very strongly” that taxpayers “need to have people working a full five-day week”.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... dApp_Other

Because they want one thing only to make workers miserable and still want a 40 hour+ week. They are stuck in the early 20th century.

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Scotland praised for 'leading charge' as SNP 'to bring in four-day work week'

Mon, 4 September 2023

SCOTLAND has been praised for “leading the charge” after reports that Humza Yousaf will bring in a four-day working week for some public sector workers.

In his Programme for Government, which is due to be published this week as Holyrood returns from recess, Yousaf is expected to spell out concrete policies in an attempt to put failures with the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) behind him.

The four-day working week is expected to be trialled for 12 months in the public sector, with an eye on a wider roll-out if it’s judged to be a success.

A four-day working week does not necessarily mean a person will only work four days, according to the 4 Day Week Campaign. Instead, 32 hours of work could be spread over more days in order to help employees achieve a more healthy work-life balance.

In 2022, a six-month pilot scheme saw 61 British companies employing 2900 people end with 56 of them pledging to continue the set-up in some form.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scotland-prai ... 18947.html

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Scotland praised for 'leading charge' as SNP 'to bring in four-day work week'

Mon, 4 September 2023

SCOTLAND has been praised for “leading the charge” after reports that Humza Yousaf will bring in a four-day working week for some public sector workers.

In his Programme for Government, which is due to be published this week as Holyrood returns from recess, Yousaf is expected to spell out concrete policies in an attempt to put failures with the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) behind him.

The four-day working week is expected to be trialled for 12 months in the public sector, with an eye on a wider roll-out if it’s judged to be a success.

A four-day working week does not necessarily mean a person will only work four days, according to the 4 Day Week Campaign. Instead, 32 hours of work could be spread over more days in order to help employees achieve a more healthy work-life balance.

In 2022, a six-month pilot scheme saw 61 British companies employing 2900 people end with 56 of them pledging to continue the set-up in some form.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scotland-prai ... 18947.html

This would be interesting how a 4-day working week would work in all sectors though.

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Use of AI could create a four-day week for almost one-third of workers

Mon 20 Nov 2023 16.08 GMT

Artificial intelligence could enable millions of workers to move to a four-day week by 2033, according to a new study focusing on British and American workforces.

The report from the thinktank Autonomy found that projected productivity gains from the introduction of AI could reduce the working week from 40 to 32 hours for 28% of the workforce – 8.8 million people in Britain and 35 million in the US – while maintaining pay and performance.

The study says this could be achieved by bringing large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, into workplaces to augment workers’ roles and create more free time. According to Autonomy, such a policy could also help to avoid mass unemployment and reduce widespread mental and physical illnesses.

Will Stronge, the director of research at Autonomy, said: “Too many studies of AI, large language models, and so on, solely focus on either profitability or a jobs apocalypse. This study tries to show that when the technology is deployed to its full potential, but the purpose of the technology is shifted, it can not only improve work practices, but also improve work-life balance.”

The research found that 28 million workers, or 88% of Great Britain’s workforce, could have their working hours reduced by at least 10% through the introduction of LLMs.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... of-workers

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