Pilot scheme said to have ‘groundbreaking’ potential for the hospitality industryOne thousand workers in the UK will get extra time off with no loss of pay in the first official pilot by the four-day week campaign...
Read MoreEmployment rights legislation has been widely heralded by trade unions despite some commitments being watered downRogue employers will be targeted by a beefed-up new enforcement agency to protect sweeping changes to rights at...
Read MoreDisability charity says Labour plan must not become punitive measure exacerbating ‘culture of mistrust and fear’UK politics live – latest updatesEmployment advisers are to be stationed in NHS hospitals under...
Read MoreEmployees could work longer hours over fewer days under government proposals for flexible workingUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesWorkers in the UK could be given the right to request a...
Read MoreExclusive: after success of first trial, group running second scheme in autumn hopes Labour will be more receptiveCampaigners for a four-day working week are preparing a new pilot project on flexible working in the hope that the...
Read MoreTories criticised for suggesting Starmer would be ‘part-time PM’ after he says he avoids working past 6pm on FridaysUK election live – latest updatesConservative attacks on Keir Starmer over his comments that...
Read MoreChronic workforce shortages have put nursing staff under unbearable pressure, says union chiefNurses in England took an average of a week off sick last year because of stress, anxiety or depression, NHS figures reveal.The...
Read MoreTaxPayers Alliance is key player in attempts to end trials of compressed working hours in public sectorA rightwing lobby group that doesn’t declare its donors is spearheading a campaign to undermine the spread of the...
Read MoreEntrepreneur hoping to be Tory mayoral candidate makes prediction as 4 Day Week Campaign prepares mini-manifestoCompanies that do not adopt flexible working will struggle to hire in the next five years, according to an...
Read MoreSouth Cambridgeshire council plans further 12 months of scheme plus pilot for refuse workersThe first UK council to experiment with a four-day working week is expected to extend the trial after analysis showed it was...
Read MoreGovernment called on to conduct pilot in public sector with employees working four-day week for same payUK politics live – latest news updatesA four-day working week trial should be launched in Wales with the aim of...
Read MoreManagers have embraced hybrid working but many still think long hours are needed for career progressManagers no longer stigmatise flexible working, believing it results in improved productivity – though long hours are...
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