Dozens of British Employers , Will Stick With 4-Day Workweek , After World’s Largest Trial.
'New York Post' reports that 61 businesses in the U.K. switched to a four-day workweek from June to November in 2022.
British research organization Autonomy
published its findings with support from
4 Day Week Global, a New Zealand-based group.
Of the 56 companies that participated, 92% plan to continue with a four-day workweek.
At the beginning, this was about pandemic burnout for a lot of employers. Now it’s more of a retention and recruitment issue for many of them. , Juliet Schor, a Boston College economist, sociologist
and lead researcher on the study, to 'The Wall Street Journal'.
This is a major breakthrough moment for the movement towards a four-day working week, Joe Ryle, Director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, via statement.
According to the study, participating companies
saw revenue jump 35% during the trial.
Staff are getting more
work done in less time, Paul Oliver, chief operating officer at Citizens Advice Gateshead, via Reuters.
71% of employees said they felt
less burnt out, 39% were less stressed,
and 40% were sleeping better.
Employers also noted that less workers were calling in sick, while job retention and recruitment improved.