Belgium approves 4-day week and right to disconnect
www.euronews.com
The package of labour reforms announced on Tuesday would also give gig economy workers more protections.
  • bluetoucan
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    3 years ago

    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’”