The five-day working/school week isn't a law of nature. It's a 20th century innovation, which worked well but is ceasing to do so.
#4Day week
A private high school which came under fire for adopting a four-day school week says the feedback to its new timetable, which allows senior students to learn from home on Mondays, has been mostly positive.
Ministers have formally warned councils in England to abandon any plans to adopt ⭐️four-day working weeks ⭐️for staff, in an escalation of a simmering political row over town hall working practices.
Government guidance issued in October said councils that have adopted four-day weeks should end the practice immediately, while any authorities planning to embrace it in future should stop any trials immediately.
The guidance appears to be the latest salvo in a war of words between the government and South Cambridgeshire district council, which is believed to be the only English authority so far to have experimented with a four-day week.
The council has said its continuing trial of the practice, in which office staff and bin collectors are paid the same for working 20% fewer hours, has already 🔸helped it improve recruitment and led to over £500,000 in savings on agency workers.🔸
Supporters of the four-day week have called it a win-win for workers and employers because it improves staff wellbeing and productivity. In the private sector some companies have adopted the practice after running trials.
#4day #4dayworkweek
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/26/ministers-warn-councils-not-to-adopt-four-day-working-weeks
#4dayworkweek or, maybe, how about 6 day workweek, 4 days of weekend with a 5 day WE every 7 weeks to celebrate the turning to another one of the 5 months?
71% -> 59% work time vs free time (instead of 57% under #4day) with WEs that allow for more meaningful small getaways.
Plus weeks are a neat 10 days, with an extra intra-month day thrown in for free.
Today I'm better than in the past few days.
Yeah, it's my fourth day. My mood is really better than it was in the past days, and last night, I was in the loving embrace of my partner. Let's work on creating better days.
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Some States Consider Legislation Making #4Day Workweeks More Common
Dozens of U.K. companies will keep the #4day #workweek after a pilot program ends
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/21/1158507132/uk-study-companies-four-day-workweek
something for #unions to look at too
These work strategy articles always read as 'journalist wants 4 day work week' but it's interesting nonetheless.
I've heard our year-long research into a 4-day work week for our staff contradicts this article. It's the reason we didn't go that direction & instead we instituted 'unlimited PTO'.
"After Testing Four-Day Week, Companies Say They Don’t Want to Stop" - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-testing-four-day-week-companies-say-they-dont-want-to-stop-a06089cc
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#workresearch #4day #workstyle
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