A total of nearly 100 UK companies have signed for a permanent four-day working week scheme that allows employees to work four days instead of the traditional five without any impact on their compensation.
These companies aim to change Britain’s approach to work and currently have nearly 2,600 employees.
The employees are hoping that this will lead to a major shift in Britain’s approach. The companies have been operating on a five-day working pattern for various decades.
Earlier, workers from various companies across the UK started a four days work week on June 6 as a pilot plan that will run for 6 months. It will work with the same pay while working for 4 days a week.
The focus was to check that the employees continue to hit productivity targets set by their employers.
The programme was organised by not-for-profit 4 Day Week Global, Autonomy, and the 4 Day Week UK Campaign in partnership with researchers from Cambridge University, Oxford University, and Boston College.
The largest companies from across sectors – from financial services to hospitality – participated in this four-day workweek pilot plan.
The main principle behind this is getting 100 percent pay for working 80 percent of their work hours in exchange for maintaining 100 percent productivity.
There were over 150 companies and 7,000 employees that have signed up to participate in the six-month coordinated trials of the four-day working week as part of the 2022 programme.
Globally, more than 150 companies and 7,000 employees across the United States, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand have signed up for the six-month coordinated trials of the four-day working week as part of the 2022 programme until December.
