tldr; Full results will not be published until February, but at the halfway point 86% of companies had said they intended to make it permanent.
They defined "four-day week" as 32 hours without a reduction in pay.
There is legislation pending [0] to allow any worker to ask for a 4 day work week which sounds very week as the company can just say 'no'. Even if this passes I don't think it means anything. However, the trial is promising and it'll be interesting to see where the UK goes with this.
The pending legislation only move the ask to day one rather than a period of waiting. It's likely not going to help most people, as typically there is a 'probation' period anyway, and so any risk of asking would just mean failing probation.
You've always been able to request flexible working. Yes the company can say no, but they need to assess the request and provide a specific reasoning why they can't accept it, they can't just dismiss it out of hand.
They defined "four-day week" as 32 hours without a reduction in pay.
There is legislation pending [0] to allow any worker to ask for a 4 day work week which sounds very week as the company can just say 'no'. Even if this passes I don't think it means anything. However, the trial is promising and it'll be interesting to see where the UK goes with this.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/dec/05/uk-staff-to-ha...