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Reasons Revisited

Reasons Revisited: The Four Day Week

Reasons Revisited

Geoff Lloyd

Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Would you like to work less, feel happier and maybe even do something good for the planet, all with no loss in pay? It’s a dream that could soon become a reality for many, after the world's biggest four day week trial wrapped up last year. We explore the results and dig back through our audio archives to revisit the history of a shorter working week, why it could be a solution to Britain's flatlining productivity problem, and what comes next for the four day week campaign.


Guests

Andrew Barnes, 4 Day Week - Global (@4dayweek_global)

Kate Bell, TUC (@kategobell)

Rachel Kay, Researcher and Will Stronge, co-founder of think-tank Autonomy (@w_stronge / @Autonomy_UK)


More information 


Listen to RTBC 55 Living for the (three day) weekend (October 2018)


Listen to RTBC 126 The Four Day Future: Building a movement for shorter working hours (Feb 2020)


Read the report by think tank Autonomy The Results are In: The UK’s four-day week pilot (Feb 2023)


Read more about the UK’s 4 Day Week Campaign


Read more about the global movement for a four day week



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1:08.0

Last year 61 companies in the UK took part in a trial of a four day work week. The results are in. How many of those workplaces have decided to stick with it?

1:15.0

Hello, I'm Jeff Lloyd, and this is Reasons Revisited.

1:19.0

It's a weekly fun-sized reasons to be cheerful. We dig back into our five-year audio archive and brief

1:26.1

you on a big idea that's having a moment.

1:30.0

In this final episode of our Reasons Revisited mini series, we are talking about the four day week.

1:35.6

Back in February, the results of the world's largest four day week pilot were published.

1:40.3

61 companies from a range of sectors took part, from a brewery to a bank to a fish and chip shop in the sixth month trial.

1:46.8

There are a lot of different models for a four-day week, but at its heart it means giving employees 100% of pay for 80% of the hours.

1:56.4

In exchange for a commitment of 100% productivity.

2:00.6

Each participating company designed a policy that worked for them, whether that was Fridays off or moving to an average of 32 hour weeks across a year.

2:08.0

But why now? The idea of a full day week has become more popular in recent years.

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