Ireland looks towards a four-day work week – is it all it’s cracked up to be?
“If we’re such a developed country, why do we have to work all the time?” The conversation surrounding a four-day working week in Ireland continues to bubble up, from active campaigns designed to firmly establish and normalise the practice to individual companies taking the plunge of their own volition. Last October, the Irish Congress of […]
4 years ago
Thousands of UK workers join 17 Irish companies in trial of four-day working week
Organisations in Ireland have been trialling the schedule since February. If we’ve learnt anything from the bank holiday, it’s that it’s pretty nice to have a three-day weekend. Dreams of a long lie-in on a Friday could be about to move closer to reality, however, as more companies begin a pilot scheme to try a […]
4 years ago
Over half of Irish workers believe a four-day working week is coming very soon
Are you ‘four’ it, etc? More than half of Irish professionals are of the mind that a four-day working week – a subject of continuous debate – will soon be a reality. That’s the big takeaway from a new survey carried out by recruitment company Hays Ireland. Conducted in March amongst 1,500 employers and professionals, […]
4 years ago
UK company adopts four-day work week so employees can focus on themselves
The policy has been extended across the company following a “successful trial period”. A company in the north west of England has adopted a four-day working week across the business to give its employees a “better work/life balance.” Greater Manchester-based company Belmont Packaging has adopted the new approach, along with its sister company Boxed-Up Packaging, […]
4 years ago
Spain agrees to launch trial for four-day working week
Groups in Ireland are actively campaigning for a four-day working week here too. The Spanish Government has agreed to launch a pilot project for companies interested in the idea of a four-day working week, according to the Guardian. Earlier in the year, left-wing Spanish party Más País announced the government had accepted its proposal to […]
5 years ago
New study in four-day working work shows increased productivity and decreased stress
The employees in the study had their pay maintained at five-day work-week levels. As Dolly Parton once wisely said, “Workin’ 9 to 5, What a way to make a livin’, Barely gettin’ by, It’s all takin’ and no givin’.” Released in 1980, but more relevant today than ever, the difficulty of striking a proper work/life […]
7 years ago