{"id":76796,"date":"2021-07-20T03:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T01:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=76796"},"modified":"2021-07-19T11:23:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:23:17","slug":"is-it-time-to-shorten-the-40-hour-workweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/is-it-time-to-shorten-the-40-hour-workweek\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it time to shorten the 40-hour workweek?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-teaser\"><strong>Researchers are calling for a shorter working week to boost productivity and lower burnout.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CORDIS_horario_laboral-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-76784 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CORDIS_horario_laboral-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CORDIS_horario_laboral-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CORDIS_horario_laboral-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CORDIS_horario_laboral-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CORDIS_horario_laboral-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CORDIS_horario_laboral-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row c-article__below-teaser\">\n<div class=\"c-article__domains col-12 col-md-auto ng-star-inserted\">\n<div class=\"c-article__domains-icons ng-star-inserted\">\n<div class=\"c-domain-icon c-domain-icon--text\">\n<div class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\n<p class=\"c-article__text\">Do you feel a bit sluggish after weekends? Would taking Friday or Monday off do the trick? Researchers from UK think tank Autonomy and the non-profit Association for Sustainability and Democracy (Alda) tend to agree in their joint <a href=\"https:\/\/en.alda.is\/2021\/07\/04\/going-public-icelands-journey-to-a-shorter-working-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>. They claim that 40-hour workweeks aren\u2019t necessary and even harmful to our well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\n<h3 class=\"c-article__title\">Getting used to a new way of working<\/h3>\n<p>The report presents the results of a large-scale 4-day-week trial held in Iceland between 2015 and 2019. More than 1 % (2 500) of the country\u2019s working population participated in the pilot programme. Public sector employees cut their working hours by about 5 hours a week, or 35-36 hours instead of 40, with no reduction in overall pay. Findings showed that productivity and services remained the same or improved across most settings. Well-being improved considerably, from stress and burnout to health and work-life balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis study shows that the world\u2019s largest ever trial of a shorter working week in the public sector was by all measures an overwhelming success,\u201d Will Stronge, director of research at Autonomy, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-57724779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018BBC\u2019<\/a>. \u201cIt shows that the public sector is ripe for being a pioneer of shorter working weeks &#8211; and lessons can be learned for other governments.\u201d Alda researcher Gudmundur Haraldsson added: \u201cThe Icelandic shorter working week journey tells us that not only is it possible to work less in modern times, but that progressive change is possible too.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\n<p class=\"c-article__text\">Daiga Kamerade, associate professor of work and well-being at the United Kingdom\u2019s University of Salford, told <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/06\/business\/iceland-shorter-working-week-intl-scli-wellness\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018CNN\u2019<\/a> that researching the public sector with potentially better working conditions than the private domain could have influenced the outcomes. \u201cReducing the working week from 40 to 35-36 hours is a first step towards a shorter working week, we need similar large-scale trials that push this reduction further \u2014 for example, looking at a true four days working week of 32 hours or less.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\n<h3 class=\"c-article__title\">Will 4-day workweeks become a thing?<\/h3>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, most participants wanted to carry on with the 4-day arrangement. Today, 86 % of Iceland\u2019s workforce are working less hours or earning the right to shorten their hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecognition of the coming impact of automation and technological change on our working lives, alongside a burgeoning desire to spend less time tied up in work has put a reduction in working hours firmly on the policy-making table,\u201d concluded the report. \u201cThe ongoing Covid pandemic has only accelerated this, fuelling rapid transitions to remote work, and unexpected increases in free time as workers have abandoned their commutes or found themselves placed on reduced working hours. It has become more and more clear that few wish to return to pre-pandemic working conditions: a desire for a reduced working week is set to define \u2018the new normal\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\n<p class=\"c-article__text\">Could the 4-day week be the start of a new trend as we continue to adapt to the impact of COVID-19 and Industry 4.0? 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