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Building a world where we work to live, not live to work. Website: https://xitter.cf/t.co/2ZwBw7UCRb | Instagram: 4dayweekfoundation

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Want to work 4 days a week instead of 5 without losing pay? It’s already happening in workplaces across the UK - and we’re here to support workers to make it happen elsewhere, too. Learn practical strategies to advocate for a 4-day week in your organisation. 🗓️ Wed, 25 Nov 📍 Online / Free 👉 Register below ⬇️
6.30 to 7.30, November 25th

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How to Win a Four-Day Week in Your Workplace

How to Win a Four-Day Week in Your Workplace

Join us to find out how to win a four-day working week at your workplace by organising with your fellow workers.

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Could a 4-day week transform workplaces across Wales? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Join business leaders and advocates online to explore how a 4-day week can work for both employees and employers in Wales. Dec 2nd - 12.30 - online Book your free ticket below 👇
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A Four-Day Week in Wales?

A Four-Day Week in Wales?

Join us to find out what a four-day working week could look like at your workplace by hearing from colleagues across Wales.

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“There’s a huge exodus of teachers leaving the profession. This is seen as one measure they could bring in that could stop that from happening.” It’s not a 4-day week. It’s not a silver bullet. But it is progress towards solving a huge problem - the teacher recruitment crisis.
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Congratulations to SAFE for becoming a Gold Standard accredited four-day week employer! 🥳 Would you want your fire engineering advice from someone well-rested, sharp and focused, or someone burnt out, overworked and exhausted? We’d take the one on a 4-day week any day!
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You can find out more about the work they do on their website: safeltd.uk/
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You can check out our other accredited companies (and find out how to become one, or maybe find yourself a 4-day week job 👀) over here on our employers page ⬇️ 4dayweek.co.uk/employers
Accredited Employers | 4 Day Week Foundation

Accredited Employers | 4 Day Week Foundation

These are the companies and organisations officially accredited under the 4 Day Week Campaign’s accreditation scheme.

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“Seven years on, the four-day week (28 hours) has become a permanent part of the agency's working culture. “But what does that look like in practice, and how has it changed the day-to-day lives of the people behind the business?” Article link in the replies 🔗
Cardiff company puts entire staff on four-day week with no pay cut

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If you’re wondering who the company is - it’s the wonderful @hellostarling_
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Tim McCullagh@timonther6Oct 26
Time for a @4Day_Week
Robert | C (@robertcoavasx) profile pictureRobert | C
@robertcoavasxOct 25
Replying to @robertcoavasx
🔵 EUROPA 🇩🇪 Alemania: 33,9 horas de trabajo a la semana. 🇵🇹 Portugal: 37,5 horas. 🇪🇸 España: 36,4 horas. 🇮🇹 Italia: 36,1 horas. 🇫🇷 Francia: alrededor de 36 horas. Y aquí viene lo curioso: ↓
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“Teaching is one of those professions that hasn’t been able to offer the same level of flexibility as many other professions. This is one step towards trying to make things a little bit easier for our teachers.” We spent some of Friday afternoon trying to bring down the temperature on Talk TV (“School Scandal”🙄) on what would be, in reality, a mild, but much needed reform allowing schools greater flexibility on working hours to the benefit of staff and pupils alike.
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“Our team benefits, which means our clients benefit, and ultimately, that makes for great business." archive.is/20261025063403/ht…
Cardiff company puts entire staff on four-day week with no pay cut | …

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dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠
@dave43lawOct 23
Man who appears roughly once a week to his Parliament job criticizes others working hours. Did you actually miss the fact that schools will be ioen 5 days a week Studies also highlight that a 4 day week is more productive
Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) profile pictureNigel Farage
@Nigel_FarageOct 23
Labour’s latest half-baked scheme is a truly dreadful idea. How can you expect kids to turn up on time and work hard if their teachers are only present 4 days a week? It's frankly insulting to pupils and parents. Reform will fight this at every turn.
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Geri Scott
@Geri_E_L_ScottOct 22
Excl: Teachers could be allowed to work four-day weeks under government plans to give schools greater flexibility over working hours. Schools will still have to provide lessons five days a week but Lucy Powell, the education secretary, has asked an independent pay review body to consider how to scrap the requirement for individual full-time teachers to be available for work on 195 days a year. The reforms could allow teachers to complete their contracted hours over fewer days and ministers are also considering removing the ceiling on teachers’ salaries - both in a bid to help schools attract and retain staff. A government source stressed that the five-day school week would not change and that the reforms were about bringing the rules for council-maintained schools into line with those for academies. thetimes.com/uk/education/ar…
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It’s not a true 4-day week yet, but it’s a start. “It follows repeated warnings that inflexible conditions were driving experienced staff out of teaching.” South Cambs Council fixed their recruitment crisis by implementing a 4-day, 32-hour week - the teacher recruitment crisis could be resolved with similar ambitious adaptations. It’s time for a 4-day week. ⏰
Times headline: Teachers could be allowed to work four-day weeks A review will examine compressing contracted hours into fewer days, and salary caps could be removed, but the five-day week for children will remain

ALT Times headline: Teachers could be allowed to work four-day weeks A review will examine compressing contracted hours into fewer days, and salary caps could be removed, but the five-day week for children will remain

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Let's leave the corporate presenteeism of the 1900s behind. We need smarter work, better health, and progress we can genuinely feel in our day-to-day lives. It’s time for a 4-day week. ⏰
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The 5-day, 40-hour work week was standardised a century ago. Almost everything else has sped up dramatically since then - automation, robotics, computers, the internet, emails - so why are we still plodding along on Henry Ford’s schedule? It’s time for a 4-day week. ⏰
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When workers have time to rest, exercise, and find some balance, absence rates drop and well-being soars. A 4-day week is a serious health strategy that can benefit the individual, the organisation, and the economy as a whole. It’s time for a 4-day week. ⏰
Improving employee wellbeing Just under 3,000 workers took part in the pilot, and 90% wanted to continue with the four-day working week at the end of the trial. The results also showed: • more than two thirds reported lower levels of 'burnout' • 39% said they were less stressed • 40% reported fewer sleep difficulties

ALT Improving employee wellbeing Just under 3,000 workers took part in the pilot, and 90% wanted to continue with the four-day working week at the end of the trial. The results also showed: • more than two thirds reported lower levels of 'burnout' • 39% said they were less stressed • 40% reported fewer sleep difficulties

Benefiting organisations The research found reduced hours brought benefits to organisations as well as their staff. There was a 65% reduction in sick days and a 57% fall in the number of staff leaving the organisations. Company revenues barely changed during the trial period. They even increased marginally by 1.4% on average for the 23 organisations that were able to provide data.

ALT Benefiting organisations The research found reduced hours brought benefits to organisations as well as their staff. There was a 65% reduction in sick days and a 57% fall in the number of staff leaving the organisations. Company revenues barely changed during the trial period. They even increased marginally by 1.4% on average for the 23 organisations that were able to provide data.

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