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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 world's 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.