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"A hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week
for all their employees with no loss of pay, a milestone in the campaign to
fundamentally change Britain’s approach to work.
The 100 companies employ 2,600 staff – a tiny fraction of the UK’s working
population – but the 4 Day Week Campaign group is hoping they will be the
vanguard of a major shift.
Proponents of the four-day week say that the five-day pattern is a hangover
from an earlier economic age. They argue that a four-day week would drive
companies to improve their productivity, meaning they can create the same
output using fewer hours. For some early adopters the policy has also proven a
useful way of attracting and retaining employees.
The two biggest companies that have signed up are Atom Bank and global
marketing company Awin, who each have about 450 staff in the UK. They have been
accredited by the four-day week campaign, meaning they have demonstrated that
they have genuinely reduced hours for workers rather than forcing them into
longer days."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
