SHOULD INDIA CARRY OUT UK’S BIGGEST FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK TRIAL?
(The Quiver Bureau) : The world’s biggest trial of a four-day work week has began in the UK, with participation of more than 70 companies and 3,300 employees. Thousands of workers across different sectors of the UK economy have signed up for the global study that started on Monday – working for four days a week, while still receiving full pay.
Around 70 companies across banking, hospitality, care, and animation studios are signed up to take part in world’s biggest pilot programme.
UK’s 4-Days work , Pilot Programme will be conducted on the employees for a period of six months . The pilot programme aims at measuring productivity and well being of staff .
The 4 Day Week Campaign said in a statement, “More than 3,300 workers, based throughout the UK and representing more than 30 sectors, are receiving 100 per cent of the pay for 80 per cent of the time, in exchange for a commitment to maintain at least 100 per cent productivity.”
In Worldwide, over 150 companies and 7,000 employees across countries like the United States, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand have signed up to participate in the six-month coordinated trials of the four-day working week .
The 4 days work week experiment is conducted by academics from Oxford and Cambridge universities, as well as experts from Boston College in the US in partnership with the think tank Autonomy and not-for-profit coalition 4 Day Week Global.
Multiple benefits of 4 days work week
The four-day week is generally considered to be a triple dividend policy – helping employees, companies, and the climate.
How can 4 days work benefit employees?
The employees due to four days work in a week can get more rest, family time, leisure and time to complete their chores.
How will the 4 days work week benefit the company?
The companies profit will be more as the employees productivity will be higher. This 4 days programme will also help the company to get better job candidates .
How will the 4 days work week benefit the economy?
The underemployment people can get more jobs as a result of which local tourism could be boosted.
How will the 4 days work week benefit the Society?
This programme can also improve our society as people could be able to achieve a good health , more gender equality can be maintained, sufficient care giving time could be given to the children and older age people of the society by their employed family members. This all collectively will be a great help to our society.
How will the 4 days work week benefit the environment?
One of the expected benefit for our environment would be , it can get relieve due to four days work in a week as less number of people will step out to office , less vehicles will move on Roads and thus air pollution made by vehicles can be reduced. This working routine can promote greener living.
