The four-day work week will launch in the U.K.; 30 companies are participating.

The notion of spending less time at work without less pay is becoming a reality for more employees.

Beginning June 2022, there will be a U.K. pilot with 30 companies reducing work to 32 hours per week. Pay and employee benefits remain unchanged however some companies may ask that staff spread the 32 hours over five days.

Studies and reports have shown that employee productivity improves in tandem with the  workers’ well-being.

The four-day work week is a programme that's already seen success around the world as countries are adopting to move away from merely measuring how long people are ‘at work’, to a more detailed focus on the output being produced.

The Japanese government is a major advocate for the four-day work week as they have asked companies to offer their employees a choice to work four days a week instead of the typical five days with an aim to improve the nation's work-life balance.

Do you think the Caribbean and Latin America are ready for the four-day work week?

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