Four-day weeks offer an opportunity for staff to improve their work-life balance. A small but growing number of employers are discovering the advantages of their staff working compressed hours – sometimes a nine-day fortnight rather than a four day week.
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.
A trial of a four-day work week in Portugal found that almost all employers that took part rated the experience positively.
Civil servants in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have launched a campaign to work a four-day week.
Does the four-day week grant employees the flexibility and skills development opportunities they desire? Or is it too rigid?
HR and recruitment is the best sector for flexibility, with eight in 10 companies offering remote-first or fully-remote jobs, study finds.
The government has issued guidance urging councils not to implement four-day working weeks.
South Cambridgeshire District Council will continue its trial of a four-day work week, expanding it to bin collection workers.
A group of academics at Cambridge University have been accused of editing evidence of the impact of a council’s four-day working week trial.
The number of people searching for jobs that offer a four-day week has surged over the past year, according to Flexa Careers.
Why choose a nine-day fortnight over a four-day week? Sam Franklin discusses why trialling this policy has worked for his start-up company.
MP Lee Rowley has formally asked South Cambridgeshire District Council to end its four-day week trial 'immediately'.
