Results from the world’s largest trial of the 4-Day Week: imagining the future of work

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• Jon White, Sociology
• Tuesday 23 January 2024, 13:10-14:00
• Richard King room, Darwin College.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr Stefanie Ullmann.

What happens when people elect to work four days a week with no reduction in compensation?

Over the last 18 months, 61 UK companies covering 2900 employees have been addressing that question by taking a reduction in working hours as part of the world’s largest trial of the so-called 4-Day Week. In this seminar, I present qualitative and quantitative results from that trial which were collected by a multi-national team that included Cambridge’s Department of Sociology. I outline both how the trial was conducted and how taking a reduction in working hours affected work and home lives, wellbeing, life satisfaction and business continuity. I also discuss policy implications of our study, and how reduction in working hours could be part of a package of reforms with wide reaching impact in health, public spending and beyond.

This talk is part of the Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars series.

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