Great Britain: positive results for the four-day working week Quality of life at work More than 90% of UK companies that took part in the four-day working week trial have decided to continue with the new working pattern. The results of the six-month large-scale test indicate a reduction in burnouts and sickness absences as well as an increase in business revenues.
Great Britain: Atom Bank permanently adopts the shorter four-day working week Quality of life at work After more than a year of testing the four-day working week, UK online retail bank Atom Bank has decided to permanently implement the shorter working period.…
Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo officially launches the four-day working week Quality of life at work Despite a breakdown in negotiations with the trade unions, Italy's largest bank and largest private sector employer (74,000 employees) has decided to offer some of its employees the opportunity to voluntarily work a ‘short week’, meaning working nine hours per day for four days per week. Intesa Sanpaolo's ‘new organisational model,’ which comes into force in January 2023, also provides for a change in hybrid work.
Free Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo proposes a 4-day working week to trade unions Quality of life at work As part of Italy’s leading banking group’s negotiations on work flexibility that it has recently started with the trade union bodies, the bank has made a number of proposals,…
Belgium : federal parliament officially adopts the ‘job deal’ bill National legislation On 29 September Belgium’s parliament approved the ‘job deal’ bill that aims to adapt how work is organised in order to better suit current developments and to help achieve an employment rate of 80% by 2030. Among the bill’s main measures is the introduction of the four-day working week, the recognition of a right to disconnect, and the establishment of workplace accident protection for online platform workers.
Free Great Britain: positive results for the 4-day week at Atom Bank Quality of life at work At the end of August and following several months during which 4-day working week has been trialled, the app-based online bank operating in the northeast of England has concluded that the introduction of the shorter shortened week has been ‘overwhelmingly positive.’ Since 10 November staff at the bank have been able to work 34 hours over 4 days (c.f.…
Spain: Valencia region opens its door to the four-day working week National legislation Spain’s Valencia region has published the details of a support mechanism to assist companies in reducing the number of staff working-hours. With it companies that move to a 32 hour working week will be eligible for financial relief, provided they do not cut employees’ salaries. This is the first initiative of its kind in Spain, and comes at a time when the debate over the four-day working week is front and centre stage.
Free Portugal: piloting the four-day working week National legislation Portugal is set to launch a pilot experiment to study new work organizations, which include the four-day working week and the use of hybrid working models (in-presence combined with telework).…
Great Britain: the 4-day working week soon to be tested in dozens of companies Starting in June 2022, some UK employers will be offering staff the chance of a four-day working week while maintaining 100% pay. This is part of a six-month trial devised by the lobby group 4 Day Week Global, which is responsible for similar projects in several different countries. The trial should allow researchers to study the impact of the shortened week on company productivity, employee well-being, gender equality, and the environment.
Great Britain: Atom Bank adopts a four-day working week without cutting pay Since 10 November, the UK online bank Atom Bank has been offering its 430 employees the opportunity to work 34 hours a week, over four days, while keeping the same salary. The group's aim is to improve work-life balance, nurture employee mental health, and reduce its environmental impact.
