Workplace advice: Employers who want a competitive advantage need to explore the 34-hour workweek and other strategies that address how employee behavior and commitment have changed.
500 business leaders about their four-day workweek, 51% reported cost savings resulting from lowered facilities and utilities costs and improved productivity. Microsoft Japan reported it saved more than 20% in electricity costs when it moved to a four-day workweek.According to the Henley Business School survey, 62% of the 500 business leaders reported their employees using fewer sick days because they could make doctors and other appointments on their regular day off.
The Reykjavik City Council in Iceland ran four-day workweek trials for years. They reported that paying employees the same amount for shorter hours increased their employees’ sense of well-being and reduced their stress, adding that productivity remained the same or increased.A four-day workweek that allows your employees improved work/life balance both allows them to return to work rested and incentivizes them to stay with your organization.
If employers don’t adopt measures to improve efficiency, reducing hours won’t necessarily reduce work, increasing stress on employees. Further, productivity may be reduced.Convincing employers to try it out If you’re an employee, you may hope to convince your employer to try out four-day workweeks. If so, don’t base your proposal on your desire to work fewer days. Instead, present it as a viable solution to recruitment burnout and retention challenges. Identify what activities can be eliminated, how interruptions can be reduced, what can be automated, and the activities that can be made more efficient.
Finally, the four-day workweek may be an unintended consequence of the pandemic. Prior to the “work from home” necessitated by COVID-19, most employees simply understood that holding a job required heading to the workplace five days a week. That’s changed. Employers who want a competitive advantage need to explore the four-day workweek and other strategies that address how employee behavior and commitment have changed.Lynne Curry writes a weekly column on workplace issues.
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