Results Are In For Biggest 4-Day Work Week Trial Ever: 92% Sticking With It
The Register, February 21st, 2023
Struggling to keep staff? Pilot brings huge dive in attrition, sick leave
The massive British trial of a shortened four-day work week is over - and it's food for thought for companies battling to attract and keep high value employees as one of the side effects was a large drop in staff attrition.
Most of the companies involved said they would continue offering a shorter week. Of the 61 companies that participated, 56 are continuing with the four-day week (92 percent), although only a subset of 18 companies would commit to the policy becoming a permanent change.