A four-day week pilot scheme has begun in the UK after the pandemic brought marked changes to working practices.
But how does the trial work and will it affect how much you’re paid?
Businesses adopted shorter weeks as attitudes towards flexible working shifted due to the pandemic[/caption]
What is the four-day week pilot?
From June 6, 2022, thousands of UK employees will take part in a four-day week trial.
The scheme, which will last six months, will see more than 30 companies taking part, and test whether workers can maintain 100 percent productivity while only working 80 percent of the time.
It’s being led by 4 Day Week Global in partnership with the think tank Autonomy, the 4 Day Week UK Campaign and researchers at Oxford University, Boston College, and Cambridge University.
The research team will work with each organisation to track the impact of reduced hours on productivity, worker wellbeing, and the effect on gender equality and the environment.
Those involved in the pilot, including tech firm Canon, will be offering a support package that includes networking, workshops, mentoring, and access to top academic research.
The organisations taking part include:
Royal Society of Biology – professional body
Hutch – mobile game developers
Yo Telecom – telecoms services
Adzooma – online marketing services
Pressure Drop Brewing – brewery
Happy – workplace consultancy services
Platten’s Fish and Chips – chip shop in Norfolk
Eurowagens – car parts retailer
Bookishly – online book and gifts shop
Outcomes First Group – education and foster care services
NeatClean – eco cleaning products firm
5 Squirrels – skincare branding consultancy
Salamandra – animation studios
Girling Jones – recruitment firm
AKA Case Management – case management firm
IE Brand & Digital – marketing company
Helping Hands – at-home care services
Trio Media – marketing agency
Literal Humans – marketing agency
Physiquipe – rehabilitation tech company
Tyler Grange – landscape planning consultancy
Timberlake Consultants -software firm
Everledge – tech firm
Scotland’s International Development Alliance – industry body for Scottish charities
Amplitude – tech firm
Stemette Futures – education organisation
Comcen – computer supplies retailer
We Are Purposeful – activism organisation
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