A piece of news from foreign media today,
made many migrant workers excited!
The pilot activity of implementing a four-day work system in Iceland was a great success.
Production efficiency increased instead of falling.
Icelandic people may soon live a happy life of
working only 4 days a week.
Netizens left excited messages:
"Quick! Show it to my boss!"
Weibo comment
According to the BBC report,
Between 2015 and 2019,
some companies and units in Iceland
tried a four-day work system,
wages remained unchanged and working hours were reduced. .
The results confirmed that
most workplace productivity remained unchanged,
and that in some cases productivity increased.
Workers who have experienced the four-day work system have said:
They have more time to spend with their families,
develop hobbies and do housework.
Stress is reduced,
health, work and life are balanced.
The experiment in Iceland was first carried out by the Reykjavik city council
and the government.
There are about more than 2,500 participants,
accounting for about 1% of the working population in Iceland.
Participating units include schools,
government offices and hospitals. wait.
Research shows that
the time is ripe for shorter working hours, and
other countries can learn from the experience.
A researcher said that
Iceland’s experience shows that
it is entirely possible to reduce workload in modern times. After the
trial, the Icelandic union
began to renegotiate for employees.
demanded that 86% of workers in Iceland
either shorten their working hours or
or increase their wages.
trials are now taking place around the world.
Due to the impact of the epidemic,
Spain is also trialling the four-day work system .
Consumer goods giant Unilever
New Zealand employees' working hours will be reduced by 20%,
wages will remain unchanged.
The British think tank and the Icelandic Association for Sustainable Democracy
also participated in the trial,
Most employees went from working 40 hours a week
to 35 or 36 hours a week.
Shorter working hours also reduce carbon emissions, a London study said.
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