Re 4 day week.
There was an MD of an international communications firm being interviewed on R4 recently.
She has her staff working 4 days only and reports that productivity has increased as have profits.
The firm is manned for 7 days a week so there is a rota system in place and everyone knows their working patterns some time in advance. Not all of the days off were / are sequential.
What I cannot recall and what I cannot find online at the moment is whether they work compressed hours or reduced hours. (I am guessing it's reduced hours, otherwise it's a moot point.)
Obviously it will not work for all organisations - for example - if each task takes x minutes then reducing hours will not increase efficiencies, but for many it will. Then there will be the problem of the haves and have nots with regards working hours - another inequality for Labour to legislate for!
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