Reading the article this is much less significant than the headline implies.
First of all it’s not a reduction in hours, just working the same hours over 4 days instead of 5:
“…employees would be able to condense the current five-day week into four days. In practice this means maintaining a 38-hour working week…”
I’m sure this will benefit some people but when I say 4-day week I mean a reduction in working hours, not shuffling them around the week. Calling this a 4-day week instead of flexible-working is not helpful imo.
Secondly this isn’t even giving employees a right to that, just a right to ask for it:
“The draft reform package… will grant employees the ability to request a four-day week. ‘This has to be done at the request of the employee, with the employer giving solid reasons for any refusal’”
Reading the article this is much less significant than the headline implies.
First of all it’s not a reduction in hours, just working the same hours over 4 days instead of 5: “…employees would be able to condense the current five-day week into four days. In practice this means maintaining a 38-hour working week…”
I’m sure this will benefit some people but when I say 4-day week I mean a reduction in working hours, not shuffling them around the week. Calling this a 4-day week instead of flexible-working is not helpful imo.
Secondly this isn’t even giving employees a right to that, just a right to ask for it:
“The draft reform package… will grant employees the ability to request a four-day week. ‘This has to be done at the request of the employee, with the employer giving solid reasons for any refusal’”