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.
Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder of 4 Day Week Global speaks to Chris Taylor about this new way of working.
More than half of women say a lack of flexibility at work has pushed them to leave or consider leaving a job, according to LinkedIn research.
A national push for a shorter work week would help reduce inequality and improve worker wellbeing, productivity and social cohesion, according to an academic study.
Greater flexible working could open up employment opportunities for 1.3 million people in the UK who have caring responsibilities, disabilities and those living in rural areas, according to a study.
There is significant support for a shorter working week in Wales, with 57% of the public stating that they would support a four-day week.
The Culture Builders' Jane Sparrow argues that a four-day week would lead to reduced pay, less flexibility and less thinking time for some employees.
We speak to companies with four-day weeks to find out about the benefits and challenges they've experienced.
Why the pandemic has been a ‘hammer blow’ for the diversity agenda; the four-day week versus more flexiblity, the false value placed on office-based workers, and other insights.
Around 30 more employers are set to participate in a four-day week trial where researchers will measure the impact it...
Ministers commit to discussions over a right to disconnect for government employees and those in devolved agencies.
Almost two thirds of Britons would like to work a four-day week, according to research into the popularity of various...
The SNP wants to weigh up a shift to a four day working week, ‘as and when’ Scotland gains full control of employment rights.
Almost two-thirds of the UK’s lawyers now want to work flexible hours compared with less than a quarter before the Covid pandemic.
Only 11% of workers would be happy to take a pay cut in order to work less, while 80% would be opposed to it.
Trials of reduced working hours have led to new employment contracts for many people in Iceland.
