labor lawmaker Peter Dowd has introduced a new law to call for a reduction in the average working hours in the UK from 40 to 32 per week. In addition, he ensured that the proposal would also protect low-paid workers. The bill will be discussed in the House of Commons in mid October.

Dowd has stated: “I introduced this law because we should have shortened the work week long ago. In the UK, workers have one of the longest working hours long Europe, while wages and productivity remain low by comparison’. He added that four days of the week no lost wages has been shown, in many examples around the world, to increase employee productivity and well-being.

As if that wasn’t enough, study done by a group of experts autonomy also revealed in 2019 that if the four-day work week were implemented economically with no loss of wages for workers, it would be affordable for most companies.

The company is willing to give it a try

joe Ryle, director of the Week 4 Days Campaign, said: “Imagine how happy all of us are. will give us time to rest well, enjoy a better quality of life and increase productivity at work. Working from 9 to 5, five days a week is outdated and it doesn’t fit anymore.”

The move to a four-day week is a popular idea among worker, after nine in 10 companies said they would extend the policy beyond the six-month trial. Across the country, more than 70 companies and 3,300 workers participated in the largest four-day work week in history. Also, last week South Cambridgeshire District Council announced plans to become the first local authority in the UK to pilot a four-day work week, without losing pay.