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The British government plans to give workers the right to request a four-day work week. Under the proposal, workers would still have to work a 40-hour week. A government spokesperson said that employers would not be required to grant those requests. Joe Ryle, the director of the 4 Day Week…

Nearly every trial seems to confirm that having an extra day off is a win-win. Helen Coffey asks the experts why it hasn’t taken off yet, and whether a three-day weekend will ever be the norm

Local government minister Lee Rowley wrote to South Cambridgeshire District Council to ask for an immediate end to the trial.

South Cambridgeshire District Council had announced plans to extend the trial until the end of next March.

The findings of the world's biggest trial of a four-day week will be presented to MPs as campaigners call for a 32-hour week for all British workers

The majority of companies who took part in the UK pilot scheme said they will keep a shorter working week following the pilot

Trial hailed ‘major breakthrough’

Nearly all companies taking part opt to continue with new pattern as staff report better work-life balance

The majority of companies who took part in the UK pilot scheme said they will keep a shorter working week following the pilot.