Thousands of employees at 60 UK companies are to join the world’s biggest pilot scheme for a four-day working week.
The pilot, which will see most firms offer 100% pay for 80% of the hours worked, will run from June to December.
It will be managed by academics from Oxford and Cambridge universities and Boston College in the United States, in partnership with the 4 Day Week Global campaign group, the 4 Day Week UK campaign and the think-tank Autonomy.
The campaign said the pandemic, coupled with the Great Resignation, had prompted many firms to re-evaluate the work-life balance to retain and attract staff.
Joe O’Connor, chief executive of the 4 Day Week Global campaign, said employers are increasingly focusing on “quality of outputs, not quantity of hours”.
