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Survey finds huge majority of workers in favour of four-day working week

A new study has found that 95% of Irish workers would be in favour of a four-day working week, with a significant majority of those surveyed (81%) believing it will become a reality within the next ten years. The survey was conducted by Hays Ireland ...

13 Mar 2023 at 15:33

National News

Survey finds huge majority of workers in favour of four-day working week

13 Mar 2023 at 14:33

National News

Survey finds huge majority of workers in favour of four-day working week

13 Mar 2023 at 14:33

City

Morrisons ‘scraps four-day week after staff complain about working weekends’

Supermarket chain Morrisons has scrapped four-day working weeks for head office staff following complaints around working on weekends. The supermarket implemented four-day working weeks in 2020 only for head office workers in Bradford, ...

23 Jan 2024 at 19:19

City

Firms with four-day working week ‘more productive, profitable and happier’

Businesses that have adopted a four-day working week for all staff have said they are more productive and profitable, and hailed a healthier and happier workforce. It comes as the world’s biggest trial of a four-day working week was ...

21 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Government drops official concerns about council’s four-day week

The Government has dropped official concerns about a council’s four-day week, as it has not reissued a notice which declared disapproval over the policy. South Cambridgeshire District Council introduced a four-day week in 2023 and ...

11 Nov 2024 at 13:08

Fact check: Council’s four-day week means staff paid 100% for 80% of usual hours

Following Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), a social media user posted: “Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs complaining about 4-day week. She thinks staff get an extra day off – less hours for same pay! She fails to realise that ...

15 Nov 2024 at 14:02

Four-day week could save Government £21m a year, civil servants say

Civil servants are calling for permission to work a four-day week, saying the move is “critical to attaining a good quality of life” and could help save the Government more than £21 million a year. The arrangement would more ...

13 Nov 2024 at 22:33

Ireland

Greens want Citizens’ Assembly to examine ‘complexities’ of four-day work week

The Green Party has called for a Citizens’ Assembly on a four-day work week in order to comb through issues such as people’s pay and its effect on the public service. Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman said it should be ...

18 Nov 2024 at 17:31

Scotland

Four-day work week pilot a success, research suggests

A Scottish Government pilot of a four-day work week at two public sector bodies was a success, a report has suggested, but ministers have said the move will not be made permanent “at this time”. South of Scotland ...

27 Aug 2025 at 16:58

Labour MPs call for four-day week as part of workers’ rights package

More than a dozen MPs have called for a four-day working week to be considered by ministers as part of a new set of workers rights rules. The MPs, 12 of whom are Labour and one of whom is from the Green Party, ...

11 Feb 2025 at 16:31

City

Four-day working week adopted by more than 200 UK companies

More than 200 UK companies have made the permanent switch to a four-day working week with no loss of pay, marking the latest milestone in the campaign to change the way British people work. The companies ...

27 Jan 2025 at 11:47

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