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21.02.2023 - 10:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A host of companies in Greater Manchester are to sticking with their switch to a four-day working week after the completion of a UK-wide trial.
Businesses with operations across the city region confirmed they were part of the experiment which saw them give staff an extra day off for no cut in pay from June 2022.
Thousands of employees were involved through the course of the trial being run by 4 Day Week Global in partnership with think tank Autonomy, the 4 Day Week UK Campaign and researchers at Cambridge University, Boston College and Oxford University.
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Now six out of the 45 who publicly announced their involvement have confirmed they are to keep the four-day working week. A further 16 UK companies took part but declined to have their names made public.
The Manchester companies who are to keep the four-day working week are:
Manchester-based MBL Seminars and Physiquipe, who were previously named as taking part in the trial, have not been included in the list of companies taking the scheme forward.
A report to mark the conclusion of the trial, published by the think tank Autonomy and academics at the University of Cambridge and Boston College in the US, shows that:
Almost every company (92%) that took part has decided to continue with the four-day week after the pilot. Of the 61 companies that participated, at least 56 are continuing with the four-day week, with 18 saying the policy is a permanent change
The vast majority of companies were satisfied that business performance and productivity was maintained
Over the six-month trial period, stress and burnout for employees both significantly declined with 71% of employees reporting lower levels
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