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The majority of companies that took part in the four-day working week trial have opted to continue the flexible working pattern - and we want to know what you think.
Of the 61 companies that took part in the trial, 56 said they plan to extend the four-day working week, while 18 firms confirmed the policy has become a permanent change.
Firms involved in the study, led by the think-tank Autonomy and research teams from Boston College and the University of Cambridge, had to make sure there was no reduction in wages for their employees.
Around 2,900 workers across the UK took part in the six-month pilot, which found that stress among employees reduced significantly - with 71 percent reporting lower levels of burnout.
Surveys of staff also revealed that 40 percent were sleeping better and 54 percent said it was easier to balance work and home responsibilities.
Three-quarters of workers will still go into work even if they have a cold
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There was a substantial decline - 57 percent - in the likelihood an employee would quit, and the number of sick days taken during the trial fell by about two-thirds.
Companies' revenue stayed broadly the same, the report said, with some seeing a rise of 1.4 percent on average.
The findings of the trial will be presented to MPs on Tuesday as campaigners urge lawmakers to give every British worker a 32-hour working week.
Joe Ryle, the director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, hailed the trial a “major breakthrough moment”, adding: “Across a wide variety of sectors, wellbeing has improved dramatically for staff; and business productivity has either been maintained or improved in nearly every case.
“We’re really pleased with the results and hopefully it does show that the time to roll out a four-day week more widely has surely come.”
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