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Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>As more firms shift to a four day week (with no loss of pay), will others' scepticism of the advantages in terms of productivity & staff satisfaction start to change their minds?</p><p>Certainly, 5000 workers shifting to a four day week is a drop in the ocean, but if this is a permanent move (not just a pilot) then this may start to see an (albeit) slow shift; it will be interesting to see whether offering a four day week becomes a recruitment issue?</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FourDayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FourDayWeek</span></a> <br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jan/27/two-hundred-uk-companies-sign-up-for-permanent-four-day-working-week" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/2025/jan</span><span class="invisible">/27/two-hundred-uk-companies-sign-up-for-permanent-four-day-working-week</span></a></p>
Alexa Devreux-Swift<p>"A four-day week for pupils in England’s state schools may, however, be a step too far. A Department for Education spokesperson said: “We are not going to reduce the amount of time children in England spend in school."</p><p>Well, talk about missing the point! The four day school week does not reduce the amount of time that pupils spend at school, it simply changes it from five days per week to four days, with studies suggesting that this improves wellbeing for children. So, it seems that the very department that should be educating the next generation cannot even read!</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/FourDayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourDayWeek</span></a> </p><p><a href="gemini://guardian.shit.cx/uk-news/education/2025/jan/01/i-love-the-four-day-week-south-london-school-part-of-a-quiet-revolution/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">gemini://guardian.shit.cx/uk-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/education/2025/jan/01/i-love-the-four-day-week-south-london-school-part-of-a-quiet-revolution/</span></a></p>
Police State UK<p>"The fact that we have happy, healthy, well-motivated, highly productive staff is what we should all be aspiring to."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/LibDems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibDems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FourDayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourDayWeek</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckglddj8jwvo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgldd</span><span class="invisible">j8jwvo</span></a></p>
Low-interest Joan 💐 Mask up<p>YES. ✨Four day working week.✨ Do it. Doooo iiitttt.</p><p>"A four-day working week is good for productivity, wellbeing and the planet"</p><p><a href="https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/four-day-working-week-6548593-Nov2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thejournal.ie/readme/four-day-</span><span class="invisible">working-week-6548593-Nov2024/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FourDayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourDayWeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/JoinAUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoinAUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoDaoine</span></a></p>
Ethical Revolution<p><strong>UK Trials Four-Day Week</strong></p><p>The four-day working week could be edging closer as a thousand employees across various industries take part in a new pilot of a four-day week in the UK.</p><p>Their hours will be cut while their pay-packet will remain the same, with the findings from the pilot to be presented to the UK government in the middle of 2025. </p><p>A previous four-day week trial recorded the following benefits:</p><ul><li>65% fewer sick days taken.</li><li>57% decrease in the number of staff leaving.</li><li>35% average revenue increases for participating firms.</li></ul><p>Recognising these benefits in productivity, roughly 200 British firms have already switched to a shorter working week according to the 4 Day Week Campaign group.</p><p>4 Day Week Campaign director Joe Ryle said, “These incredible results show that the four-day week with no loss of pay really works.”</p><p><a href="https://ethicalrevolution.co.uk/uk-trials-four-day-week/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[Via Ethical Revolution]</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://ethicalrevolution.co.uk/tag/4-day-week/" target="_blank">#4DayWeek</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://ethicalrevolution.co.uk/tag/four-day-week/" target="_blank">#FourDayWeek</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://ethicalrevolution.co.uk/tag/uk/" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://ethicalrevolution.co.uk/tag/uk-government/" target="_blank">#UKGovernment</a></p>
Tom<p>If you're on or around <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MinimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinimumWage</span></a> in the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>, and have the standard tax coding, then dropping your hours by 20% means dropping your income by 10%. Anyone for a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/FourDayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourDayWeek</span></a>?</p>
Infrapink (he/his/him)<p>Let's just ensure that if the 4-day week becomes standard, everybody gets a 20% raise so that their weekly pay stays the same. And also the minimum wage needs to increase by 20% for the same reason.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FourDayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourDayWeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/4DayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4DayWeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/4DayWorkWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4DayWorkWeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FourDayWorkWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourDayWorkWeek</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/councils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>councils</span></a> free to adopt <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FourDayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourDayWeek</span></a> after Labour drops Tory concerns - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/09/english-councils-free-to-adopt-four-day-week-after-government-drops-concerns" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">nov/09/english-councils-free-to-adopt-four-day-week-after-government-drops-concerns</span></a></p>
Kate Larsen<p>Pro rata or pro writer? Actually, I like the typo better that way. <a href="https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLQrjooy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vt.tiktok.com/ZSLQrjooy/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ShowMeTheMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShowMeTheMoney</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PayTheWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PayTheWriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ArtsLeadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtsLeadership</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RethinkingArtsLeadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RethinkingArtsLeadership</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FourDayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FourDayWeek</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lessisnecessary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lessisnecessary</span></a></p>
Kate Larsen<p>It’s time for us to reject the idea that too-much-work-for-too-little-pay is a problem our sector can’t solve. This month’s ‘and another thing’ vlog talks about why and how we could make it happen). <a href="https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSL5AXNNP/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vt.tiktok.com/ZSL5AXNNP/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ArtsLeadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtsLeadership</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RethinkingArtsLeadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RethinkingArtsLeadership</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FourDayWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FourDayWeek</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LessIsNecessary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LessIsNecessary</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>There was a trial of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fourdayweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fourdayweek</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/working" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>working</span></a> in 2022; the results in:</p><p>70 firms expressed interest but 9 didn't start for various practical reasons.</p><p>of 61 firms who completed the trial in UK:</p><p>18 will maintain the 4 day working week permanently;</p><p>38 are continuing with the trial;</p><p>Participating firms saw revenue rise & staff turnover decline.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workers</span></a> found level(s) of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wellbeing</span></a> increased.</p><p>We now have good data on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>productivity</span></a> & better life/work balance; time for others to follow?</p><p>h/t FT</p>
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