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A shorter work week was found to promote employees’ happiness.
Findings from a pilot program 1 (publish) after 61 British companies were enrolled in a trial four-day work week, with employees working an average of 34 hours per week between June and December 2022 without pay cuts.
The program has been considered as 2 great success in the past two months, as employees reported improved well-being and a 3 (major) of participating companies said they would keep the change.
The companies 4 adopted a four-day work week were from a wide range of sizes and were permitted 5 (design) a policy according to their own needs, with the only conditions being that pay was not cut and employees were given a “meaningful” reduction in work time. The employees surveyed said they 6 (feel) less anxious, less tired and were sleeping 7 (well), but the benefits were not limited to workers. Data also showed staff losses dropped 8 57 percent in the trial period.
At the end of the six-month trial, 56 of those companies decided to stick with a four-day work week, and 18 did so 9 (permanent). Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder and managing director of 4 Day Week Global, said the results were 10 (inspire) and findings from similar programs around the globe would be coming.
