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For a six month period starting in June 2022, 61 UK companies reduced their employees working hours by 20 per cent, with no changes made to their salary.

A recent pilot saw 61 UK companies reduce working hours for all staff by 20 per cent for six months from June last year, with no cut in wages.

Durham-based Atom Bank rushed to the defence of the radical working pattern in the wake of reports that workers involved in the worlds biggest four-day week pilot had expressed concerns.

More than 3,000 employees across 70 companies began working a four-day week in June as part of a trial that could overhaul the working life of Britons.

Louise Verity, CEO of Bookishly, a business that sells literary gifts, has revealed that despite the trial going smoothly so far, her business will return to five-day working weeks over Christmas.

The list of companies that joined a huge six-month trial of the four-day week includes restaurants, retailers, charities, and advertising firms.

More than 3,000 workers across 70 companies are starting a four-day week today, on full pay, in the worlds biggest pilot scheme, as the nation struggles with rising job vacancies in hiring crisis.

Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins called the pilot ridiculous and said that it is sending the wrong message to workers.