Dozens of British Employers Will Stick With 4-Day Workweek After World’s Largest Trial
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Dozens of British Employers , Will Stick With 4-Day Workweek , After World’s Largest Trial.
'New York Post' reports that 61 businesses in the U.K. switched to a four-day workweek from June to November in 2022.
British research organization Autonomy
published its findings with support from
4 Day Week Global, a New Zealand-based group.
Of the 56 companies that participated, 92% plan to continue with a four-day workweek.
At the beginning, this was about pandemic burnout for a lot of employers. Now it’s more of a retention and recruitment issue for many of them. , Juliet Schor, a Boston College economist, sociologist
and lead researcher on the study, to 'The Wall Street Journal'.
This is a major breakthrough moment for the movement towards a four-day working week, Joe Ryle, Director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, via statement.
According to the study, participating companies
saw revenue jump 35% during the trial.
Staff are getting more
work done in less time, Paul Oliver, chief operating officer at Citizens Advice Gateshead, via Reuters.
71% of employees said they felt
less burnt out, 39% were less stressed,
and 40% were sleeping better.
Employers also noted that less workers were calling in sick, while job retention and recruitment improved.
'New York Post' reports that 61 businesses in the U.K. switched to a four-day workweek from June to November in 2022.
British research organization Autonomy
published its findings with support from
4 Day Week Global, a New Zealand-based group.
Of the 56 companies that participated, 92% plan to continue with a four-day workweek.
At the beginning, this was about pandemic burnout for a lot of employers. Now it’s more of a retention and recruitment issue for many of them. , Juliet Schor, a Boston College economist, sociologist
and lead researcher on the study, to 'The Wall Street Journal'.
This is a major breakthrough moment for the movement towards a four-day working week, Joe Ryle, Director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, via statement.
According to the study, participating companies
saw revenue jump 35% during the trial.
Staff are getting more
work done in less time, Paul Oliver, chief operating officer at Citizens Advice Gateshead, via Reuters.
71% of employees said they felt
less burnt out, 39% were less stressed,
and 40% were sleeping better.
Employers also noted that less workers were calling in sick, while job retention and recruitment improved.