Each employee within the UK ought to have the prospect to work a four-day week, a Labour MP has mentioned.
A brand new invoice, tabled by Peter Dowd, has referred to as for common working hours decreased from 40 to 32 every week.
The Bootle MP has mentioned the proposition would additionally make sure that to guard low-paid employees.
The invoice is due for debate within the Home of Commons mid-October.
Mr Dowd mentioned: ‘I'm introducing this laws as a result of we’re lengthy overdue a shorter working week.
‘Within the UK, employees put in a few of the longest working hours throughout Europe whereas pay and productiveness stays low compared.
‘In quite a few examples internationally the four-day week with no lack of pay has been proven to spice up productiveness and the wellbeing of employees.’
The transfer in direction of a four-day week is a well-liked concept amongst employees, after 9 in 10 corporations mentioned they’d lengthen the coverage past a six-month trial.
Throughout the nation, greater than 70 corporations and three,300 employees are collaborating on the earth’s greatest ever four-day working week trial.
Simply final week, South Cambridgeshire District Council introduced plans to turn out to be the primary UK native authority to pilot a four-day week, with no loss in pay.
A research by the suppose tank Autonomy additionally revealed if the four-day working week was carried out throughout the economic system with no lack of pay for employees, it could be inexpensive to the vast majority of companies.
Joe Ryle, director of the 4 Day Week Marketing campaign, mentioned: ‘This invoice offers each British employee the prospect of transferring to a four-day week.
‘Think about how a lot happier we'd all be. It might give us the time to correctly relaxation, get pleasure from a greater high quality of life and enhance productiveness at work.
‘The 9-5, 5 day working week is outdated and now not match for goal.’
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