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70 companies begin trial of four-day week with no loss of pay

More than 3,000 workers at 70 companies will begin a four-day week with no loss of pay in a trial lasting six months. Organisers say it is the biggest four-day week pilot to take place anywhere in the world. Firms taking part will give 100% of ...

06 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

53% of professionals tempted to move to firm with four-day working week – survey

Just over half of Scotland’s white-collar workers would be tempted to move to a firm which offered a four-day week, a new survey has suggested. According to Hayes Scotland’s latest Quarterly Insights Survey, 53% of professionals north of the ...

22 May 2022 at 14:09

Scotland

Four-day week on the horizon, a third of Scottish businesses claim

A third of businesses in Scotland expect the four-day working week to become a reality in the next 10 years, new research has shown. The data has been revealed in a report called Four Day Week – Scottish employer perspectives of moving to a ...

07 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Business

Four-day week sees both productivity and worker well-being rise

A Derry-based legal firm is seeing the benefits of a four-day week after levels of productivity amongst staff rose and customer satisfaction increased. CRASH Services and JMK Solicitors, both situated in the same location at Culmore Road, ...

13 Jun 2022 at 17:33

City

Atom Bank ‘committed’ to four-day week after early signs of success

The boss of Atom Bank said he is “utterly committed” to the group’s new four-day working week after the move sparked a 500% surge in job applications and boosted staff morale. Mark Mullen, chief executive of the digital lender, said that ...

10 Jan 2022 at 01:55

First ever council trial of four-day week hailed a success

The first ever council trial of a four-day-week has been hailed as a success, with average employee performance improving. South Cambridgeshire District Council trialled a four-day week for desk-based staff for three months, beginning ...

29 Apr 2023 at 12:35

City

Four-day week workers enjoy hiking, horse riding and more quality family time

Horse riding, hiking, a carpentry course and doing school runs are among the benefits employees working a four-day week have enjoyed. Staff at some of the firms that took part in the world’s biggest ever pilot on a shorter working ...

21 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Four-day week council reports improvements amid Government pressure

A council under fire from the Government for piloting a four-day working week on full pay has reported improvements in staff performance and wellbeing. Liberal Democrat-run South Cambridgeshire District Council, which is looking ...

09 Nov 2023 at 14:38

Councils pursuing four-day week warned to stop by local government minister

Councils pursuing a four-day working week are “on notice” and should “cease immediately”, the Government has said. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is exploring measures to “ensure that the ...

26 Oct 2023 at 19:47

Council seeks meeting with ministers after being told to end four-day week trial

A local Cambridgeshire council is seeking a meeting with ministers after being ordered to end its experiment with a four-day week. South Cambridgeshire District Council had announced plans to extend its trial until next ...

01 Jul 2023 at 16:03

Council told to ‘immediately’ end four-day week experiment

Ministers have ordered a local council to end its experiment with a four-day week. South Cambridgeshire District Council had announced plans to extend its trial until next April but ministers have ordered officials to ...

01 Jul 2023 at 10:16

Four-day working week will not be imposed on employers, says Government

A minister has warned four-day weeks will not “apply to everybody”, including teachers, as she vowed her Government would “encourage workers to be able to ask” for flexible working. Education minister Baroness Jacqui ...

30 Aug 2024 at 19:28

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