Four-day workweek pilot launching in South Africa soon – with 20 local companies on board

[BusinessTech]

Four-day workweek pilot launching in South Africa soon – with 20 local companies on board

New data showed some promising results after more than 30 companies, and almost 1,000 employees in the US, Ireland, and Australia recently concluded a six-month four-day week pilot program.

 

[Toxic T]

Who are these 20 companies?

 

[KleinBoontjie]

This does not feel like it can be implemented that everyone benefits equally. Retail and hospitality companies need people on shift 24/7. Only their admin and finance departments get these benefits.

 

[Dolby]

Mixed results where they have trialed it

Which countries have embraced a 4-day workweek and how’s it going?

Conversations around the four-day week have been reignited by the COVID pandemic, with calls for governments in Europe to embrace it.

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