On: A pilot scheme to trail the four-day workweek in B...

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This assumes an awful lot about the type of work done. Many jobs are about being present between certain given hours.

Good luck getting 5 days work out of a nurse in 4 days.

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That's easy, obviously the patients will be moved to a 4-day-week as well, and adjust their recuperation accordingly.

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Which is, of course, why a trial of self selecting companies mostly in the knowledge work sector dropping down to 0.8FTE doesn't tell very much about the rest of the world

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Basically jobs where the person is providing real time services, whether flipping burgers or providing technical support, etc.

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I agree with your point, but it is very common for clinical staff to work 12 hour shifts and do 3 or 4 per week.