Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an 'unmitigated success'

Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by toyg on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:13PM (#17569835)

In the UK, employers are required by law to consider requests of flexible time arrangements like yours. They can refuse it, of course, but they have to do it in a reasonable manner and can be held accountable to a tribunal.

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by GordonS on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:19PM (#17569874)

Legally, yes, but realistically I just can't see it being so easy in most companies. I'd like to think I was being too cynical though!

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by toyg on Friday July 20, 2018 @02:40PM (#17577669)

My ex-wife went to a 4-day workweek (with longer hours per day) for a few years, when our kids were smaller. A friend of mine did the same for a bit (albeit, to be fair, in a pretty small company).

I'm sure there are plenty of people who were refused the chance (some companies can be atrociously dickensian even today...); but on average, flexible arrangements are less uncommon than you might think.

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by GordonS on Friday July 20, 2018 @03:44PM (#17578274)

Good point, I was forgetting that not everyone may have the luxury that I had of dropping 20% of my salary without any real problem.

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Re:Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an ... by michaelt on Friday July 20, 2018 @06:25AM (#17573814)

  I just can't see it being so easy in most companies.

At my employer, there are more new mothers working 2-3 days a week in the HR department than in any other department in the company - so making it easy is in their interests :)

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