Four-day week

The UK’s labour market outlook is uncertain following October’s budget announcement, data from Indeed indicates.

Almost half of managers in the UK admit that being in the office is more about appearance, according to new research from Indeed.

The government could save around £21.4m a year if it allowed civil servants to work four days a week, a union claims

The government has decided to allow a local authority to proceed with its four-day working week arrangement.

The first official pilot of a four-day week under the Labour government begins today (4 November), with a view to presenting the findings next summer.

The government has denied it has any plan to impose any plan to impose a four-day week on business.

Second trial of a four-day week is scheduled to launch this autumn as campaigners urge employers to sign up.

One of the largest trials of a four-day week in the UK led to greater retention and better productivity, according to the researchers following it.

Fifty-one per cent of employees would be tempted to take a job at a different organisation if it offered a four-day working week.

A four-day work week could risk widening existing inequalities between workers, a report commissioned for the Welsh Government has warned. 

Local government minister Simon Hoare said he thought it was ‘hugely disappointing and arrogant‘ that a council was continuing its four-day week trial.

The organisers of a successful four-day week trial are hoping employers will try '4ugust' for themselves this summer.

Most of the organisations that took part in a 61-company, six-month trial in the UK of the four-day week, have...

HR analysts at Gartner have revealed nine workplace trends they believe will dominate 2024.

The government has threatened to withdraw funding from local councils if they ignore its warnings against adopting a four-day week.