It is the biggest trial since 2019, when Iceland had a four-day work week for 2,500 of its public sector workers. Researchers described the test as an “overwhelming success.”Trials of a four-day working week in Iceland have been an "overwhelming success", according to researchers. “We’re doing this to improve the lives of our staff and be part of a progressive change in the world.”The program is being run by not-for-profit 4 Day Week Global, Autonomy, a think tank, and the 4 Day Week UK Campaign. A work week in the UK is restricted by contract to 48 hours a week on avergae, spread over 17 weeks. This can be opted out of, but a worker cannot be forced by their employer to work more hours than this a week.

Source: The Guardian June 08, 2022 14:46 UTC