{"id":3812408,"date":"2025-01-29T11:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3812408\/200-uk-companies-adopt-a-permanent-four-day-work-week.html"},"modified":"2025-03-25T01:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T05:21:22","slug":"200-uk-companies-adopt-a-permanent-four-day-work-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3812408\/200-uk-companies-adopt-a-permanent-four-day-work-week.html","title":{"rendered":"200 UK companies adopt a permanent four-day work week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two years after participating in a groundbreaking four-day work week experiment<\/a>, 200 companies in the UK have chosen to adopt the policy permanently, marking a significant shift in workplace norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By continuing the policy, as many as 5,000 employees at those companies will work one day less a week with no reduction in pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pilot program was conducted by the nonprofit 4 Day Week Global<\/a>, the UK’s 4 Day Week Campaign<\/a> and Autonomy<\/a>, a think tank. It guided the companies and their workers through a six-month test of a 32-hour, four-day week. Including a previous study of companies in US and Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston College Professor Juliet Schor, the lead researcher in the 4-Day Work Week study, said she was not surprised the companies continued their truncated schedules, as almost all of the firms in the study reported positive results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They are continuing because it is successful,” Schor said. “There are a few reasons for this. Employee well-being goes up a lot. Self-reported productivity goes up even more. So, the companies are getting happier, healthier employees who are typically as productive (or more) than on a five-day schedule.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The companies that participated in the UK experiment and chose to continue include charities, marketing and technology firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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