Want to work a 4-day week? You now have two extra months to convince your boss.

[rvZA]

The nonprofit 4 Day Week SA and its coalition of partner organisations have extended the deadline for companies to sign up to be part of a "pioneer pilot" study in South Africa, where employees will be paid 100% of their salaries to work 80% of the hours they did before.

And that makes for two more months to convince your boss to give it a try.

The study is due to start in early 2023, and initially the deadline to commit to participation had been set at a fairly tight end-October. Now, say those involved, companies can sign a collaboration agreement as late as 15 January.

The trial itself is due to run for six months between February and July, but there is some run-up work to be done, such as establishing baseline metrics against which the success or failure of the change can be measured.

The hope is that companies involved will achieve 100% or more of their previous productivity, just with happier employees and a range of other benefits that could include helping to solve unemployment, making life easier for single mothers, and contributing to reducing climate change.

Want to work a 4-day week? You now have two extra months to convince your boss. | News24

The deadline for a 4-day working week pathfinder study in South Africa is now only in mid-January.

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[rvZA]

where employees will be paid 100% of their salaries to work 80% of the hours they did before.

Sounds like an extremely socialist bad deal. Probably the reason they are extending the deadline. Companies and shareholders are not signing up.

 

[koeks525]

It is always nice seeing South Africa get wind of all the latest employer / employee trends. Curious to see where this trial study goes, and the SA companies that implement 4 workday weeks.

I am sure Elon Musk wouldn't entertain this trend, among many other trends, hehehehe.

 

[Okty]

Sounds like an extremely socialist bad deal. Probably the reason they are extending the deadline. Companies and shareholders are not signing up.

Depends on what work you do.

If it is "office" work (programming, engineering etc), you will probably have to do your "40 hour work week work" now in "32 hour work week".

If you think about it, it is not that out of the question, because many place already do a 4.5 work week, where you then only take a 1/2 hour lunch break. Now, eliminate all those extra bulshyte meetings, people can easily then technically do a 4 day work week.

But that might upset shift/essential workers if it is applied.

 

[saor]

Longer weekend = monday blues^2

 

[Barbarian Conan]

Sounds like an extremely socialist bad deal. Probably the reason they are extending the deadline. Companies and shareholders are not signing up.

For some jobs you can do 95% of the work in 80% of the time. If you feel rested your productivity improves.

 

[Mystic Twilight]

Someone explain why you need to sign up for this when your company can just change their work schedule and give one day off anyway, there is no legislated minimum work hours, only maximum work hours per week. Is there some government incentive or something.

 

[marbro]

Im cool with working an hour extra every day , tuesday to friday, just to get mondays off.

Fridays we stop working around 1pm and start talking ****... No one really works after 2pm on a friday.

 

[PaulMurkin]

My boss said no

 

[maumau]

My boss prefers work 100% of the time, get paid 75%.

Like it or leave - narcissistic a-hole

 

[PaulMurkin]

This stuff won't work in Africa. Sorry to say, SA is already so unproductive as it is.
FYI in China they work Monday through Saturday...

 

[WhosThis]

I already work a 4-day week. The 5th day I just move my mouse occasionally.

 

[Grubscrew]

Not going to work in the coastal provinces, why would they want to work more?

 

[Temujin]

/scribbles notes on 'first to be retrenched' list

 

[LCBXX]

How about this country starts by shutting all commerce on Sundays?

 

[WhosThis]

How about this country starts by shutting all commerce on Sundays?

Come to Thabazimbi. Nothing is open on a sunday

 

[LCBXX]

Come to Thabazimbi. Nothing is open on a sunday

Excellent. That's how is should be.

 

[Pegasus]

Sounds like an extremely socialist bad deal. Probably the reason they are extending the deadline. Companies and shareholders are not signing up.

Yeah, but I like this socialist idea.

 

[Pegasus]

Someone explain why you need to sign up for this when your company can just change their work schedule and give one day off anyway, there is no legislated minimum work hours, only maximum work hours per week. Is there some government incentive or something.

They can do that I guess.

This article is about a trial to see how it works in practice.

The nonprofit 4 Day Week SA and its coalition of partner organisations have extended the deadline for companies to sign up to be part of a "pioneer pilot" study in South Africa, where employees will be paid 100% of their salaries to work 80% of the hours they did before.

 

[surface]

This stuff won't work in Africa. Sorry to say, SA is already so unproductive as it is.
FYI in China they work Monday through Saturday...

I already work a 4-day week. The 5th day I just move my mouse occasionally.