World's biggest 4-day work week pilot begins in UK, involving 3.3K workers at 70 companies

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During the program, workers receive 100% of their pay for working only 80% of their usual week, in exchange for promising to maintain 100% of their productivity.

The COVID-19 pandemic has already changed how millions of Americans do their jobs. Now it may change how many days a week Americans do their jobs.

"The pandemic [has] made us think a great deal about work and how people organize their lives," she said."We're doing this to improve the lives of our staff and be part of a progressive change in the world." Government-backed trials are set to take place in Spain and Scotland later this year, the 4 Day Week Campaign said in a press release.More people quit their jobs in 2021 than any year on record. Was this a result of the pandemic or a bigger shift in the workplace?

 

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