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greentricky

Can't come soon enough

One advocate predicts a four-day week could be available to the majority in Britain within five years, and Stephen Fry this week gave his voice to an increasingly confident four-day week campaign, which argues shorter hours boosts productivity, cuts carbon emissions and improves family life – all without cutting pay.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/10/unstoppable-four-day-week-could-be-within-reach-for-british-workers

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jellybaby in reply to @greentricky

I can sort of see how that works for 'knowledge economy' jobs but it feels like the more basic driving a truck/flipping burgers workers are going to loose out even more.

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NurseHolliday in reply to @jellybaby

In theory, if you're salaried on contracted hours, whether it's Mon-Fri or shift work, it should work out. You work a total of 4/5 of your original contracted hours and more people are hired to cover the drop in hours worked.

It's zero hour contract people that will lose out unless rates are increased to allow them to work less.

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