4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees

The results of a six-month experiment involving dozens of companies indicate a four-day work week may be better for businesses and workers.A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain, billed as the world's largest, has found that an overwhelming majority of the 61 companies that participated from June to December will keep going with the shorter hours and that most employees were less stressed and had better work-life balance.

Not surprisingly, employees reported benefits, with 71% less burned out, 39% less stressed and 48% more satisfied with their job than before the trial. Starting the trial going into the busy season in June, Platten's, which is open seven days a week, found the biggest hurdle was finding a model that worked for everyone, Wainwright said.

For companies that rolled out the shorter work hours - whether it was one less workday a week or longer hours in parts of the year and shorter hours the rest of the time to make an average 32-hour week - revenue wasn't affected, the findings say. Of the companies, 92% reported they would continue with the four-day workweek, with 30% saying it's a permanent change. That includes Platten's, which said it's sticking with the model permanently.

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