{"id":9433,"date":"2024-08-30T04:15:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/workers-could-get-right-to-four-day-week\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T04:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:15:26","slug":"workers-could-get-right-to-four-day-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/workers-could-get-right-to-four-day-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers could get right to four-day week"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Workers could be given the right to ask their employers to work a four-day week under government plans to increase flexible working.<\/p>\n

Employees would still have to work their full hours to receive their full pay but could compress their contracted hours into a shorter working week.<\/p>\n

Conservative shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake claimed businesses were “petrified” about the plans. <\/p>\n

However, ministers insist they will not impose the change on staff or businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Any changes to employment legislation will be consulted on, working in partnership with business,” said a spokesperson at the Department for Business and Trade. <\/p>\n

They added that the plan for more flexible working was instead designed to increase productivity and help get more people back into work.<\/p>\n

Currently, employees have the right to request flexible working but employers are only required to deal with requests in a “reasonable manner”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Labour came to power earlier this year promising to make it the default from day one for all workers, except where it was not feasible.<\/p>\n

As first reported by the Daily Telegraph,<\/a> that could allow staff to work four longer days instead of five.<\/p>\n

Details are expected in the autumn when a law to create a new package of workers’ rights is expected to begin its journey through Parliament.<\/p>\n

“Despite warning after warning from industry, [Deputy Prime Minister] Angela Rayner is pressing ahead with her French-style union laws that will make doing business more expensive in the UK,” Mr Hollinrake said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Four-day working week: How we got here – and where next<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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