200 UK Companies Sign Up for Permanent Four-day Working Week

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent Britain's working week.

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... Together the companies employ more than 5,000 people, with charities, marketing and technology firms among the best-represented, according to the latest update from the 4 Day Week Foundation.

Proponents of the four-day week say that the five-day pattern is a hangover from an earlier economic age. Joe Ryle, the foundation's campaign director, said that the "9-5, five-day working week was invented 100 years ago and is no longer fit for purpose. We are long overdue an update."

With "50% more free time, a four-day week gives people the freedom to live happier, more fulfilling lives", he continued. "As hundreds of British companies and one local council have already shown, a four-day week with no loss of pay can be a win-win for both workers and employers." ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-28 12:28 AM | Reply

Hope they asked King of the World Musk first.

Otherwise we might be over there riling up Corporate class to defend Britain from this outrageous scheme to cheat them out of their slave labor.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-28 10:58 AM | Reply

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... Proponents of the four-day week say that the five-day pattern is a hangover from an earlier economic age. Joe Ryle, the foundation's campaign director, said that the "9-5, five-day working week was invented 100 years ago and is no longer fit for purpose. We are long overdue an update." ...

So, I wonder, how will the corporate world respond to this?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-29 09:01 PM | Reply

The corporate world is a meat grinder.

Your only worth is to produce profits for the shareholders.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-29 09:04 PM | Reply

@#3 ...how will the corporate world respond to this? ...

Maybe ...

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