4-day work week in UK: 89% of companies maintain training after pilot | The future of work

Das 61 British Companies Participant in the six-month pilot in 2022 must test working hours at least four days a week 54 (89%) said the policy is still in placeAccording to a new report CNBC. Further, 31 (51%) said they had changed permanently For a four-day-a-week work schedule.

Stakeholders were invited to participate in a follow-up study one year after the project. Results, published think tank AutonomyAll project managers and CEOs surveyed indicated that the four-day week had a positive impact on their organization, with more than half (55%) describing the impact as “very positive”.

Furthermore, 82% of companies reported positive impacts on employee well-being, while 50% reported positive effects on reducing employee turnover and almost a third (32%) said the policy had clearly improved recruitment.

Juliet Shore, author of the report and a professor of sociology at Boston College, described the results as “remarkable” and said the findings show that the positive effects of shorter working hours are real and lasting.

“Overall results are maintained and sometimes continue to improve. Physical and mental health and work-life balance are significantly better than they were at six months. Improvements in fatigue and life satisfaction “Work satisfaction and sleep problems have decreased somewhat, but most of the original improvement remains,” Shore said. said in the statement.

However, the report concluded that the new policy still has some shortcomings. For example, four-day workweek models were more conditional on achieving certain goals, so employees reported additional stress on meeting deadlines, resentment toward others, and feelings of inequity among employees based on the nature of their role.

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