(Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS \/ AFP via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe nonprofit 4 Day Work Week Global is leading the trial in conjunction with the 4 Day Week Campaign and the think tank Autonomy. It involves researchers from Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College.<\/p>\n
One of the companies participating in the pilot is Bookishly, which made the decision to close up shop on Wednesdays to give their staff a free paid day off each week and expressed optimism about the outcome.<\/p>\n
LABOR COSTS WILL RISE WITH 4-DAY WORKWEEK PROPOSAL, FORMER MCDONALD’S USA CEO WARNS<\/strong><\/p>\n“The pandemic has shown us that we don’t need to post orders out every day to meet our customer’s [sic] needs, “the company wrote in a blog post.” People understand that not every company can provide immediate delivery and some things are more important than that. “<\/p>\n
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UK company Bookishly is participating in a trial testing a 4-day work week for employees.<\/span> (Bookishly)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nEmployees celebrated the move, too. “With a baby on the way, working one day less in a week will make a huge difference in the cost of childcare,” said Bookishly designer Gemma Harbor. “I’m confident that my productivity will improve as I focus my tasks around fewer hours in the week.”<\/p>\n
Joe Connor, pilot program manager for 4 Day Work Week Global, told FOX Business that the New Zealand-based non-profit expects to see similar results to previous studies showing an uptick in wellbeing without a decrease in productivity.<\/p>\n
SOARING GAS PRICES PUMP THE BRAKES ON RETURN-TO-WORK EFFORTS<\/strong><\/p>\n“Our expectation is that the results are likely to be in line with what most of the data that we’ve seen around the world on this [says]which is that reduced work time can have serious benefits for burnout, stress, and overwork, “O’Connor said. <\/p>\n
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Shot of a young businesswoman rubbing her eyes while working alongside her colleague in an office at night<\/span> (iStock \/ iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“A big factor in this – which maybe wasn’t the case two or three years ago – is recruitment and retention,” O’Connor continued. “You know, more and more companies are coming to the (four-day) workweek idea who maybe had offered their employees remote working or flexible working or some version of that, and that was a competitive advantage for them. Now it’s almost a competitive disadvantage if you don’t offer that.” <\/i><\/p>\n
GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/strong><\/p>\nAt the same time as the UK study, similar pilots will run in Ireland, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel according to 4 Day Work Week Global. Previous studies have been conducted in Spain, New Zealand, Japan and Iceland.<\/p>\n
FOX Business’ Bradford Betz contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former McDonald’s USA CEO Ed Rensi reacts to California lawmakers proposing a 4-day work week. A pilot program testing the concept of a four-day workweek launched in the UK Monday in what is being touted as the world’s largest study yet in a growing movement pushing for slashing workers’ hours by 20% without cutting their …<\/p>\n
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