Four-Day Week: Results from Portuguese Trial

Table of Contents

• Pedro Gomes Rita Fontinha 1
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• Infographics 3
• Executive Summary 8
• Part 1 Project 15
• 1.1 Historical international and political context 16
• 1.2 Vision definition of the four-day week and objective 19
• 1.3 Team 20
• 1.4 Project Characteristics 22
• 1.5 Timeline of the adoption of the four-day week 24
• 1.6 Evaluation methodology and limitations 25
• 1.7 Overview of the 1 phase of the project 28
• In their own words 32
• 1.8 Overview of the 2 phase of the project 34
• 1.9 What are the obstacles to starting a test 37
• In their own words 39
• 1.10 Overview of the 3 phase of the project and the post-pilot 40
• 1.11 Communication and impact 42
• 1.12 Project evaluation and self-evaluation 43
• Part 2 Companies 45
• 2.1 Characterization of the participating organizations 46
• 2.2 How did they implement it 48
• In their own words 54
• 2.3 Financial and operational impacts 56
• 2.4 Employees perspective on their performance 61
• In their own words 64
• In their own words 67
• 2.5 Final decision and evaluation 69
• 2.6 Case studies 72
• Caminhos de Infância 72
• Crioestaminal 73
• Onya Health 74
• Cooperativa António Sérgio para a Economia Social - CASES 75
• Drivewiz Consultoria 76
• 18-25 Research Studio for Architectural Visualizations 77
• Randtech Computing 78
• Lean Health 79
• European Welding Federation EWF 80
• Listor 81
• Part 3 Workers 82
• 3.1 Characterization of the workers involved in the pilot project 83
• 3.2 Workers view about changes at work 91
• 3.3 Effects on mental and physical health and life satisfaction 96
• 3.4 Effects on work-life balance 101
• 3.5 Time use 103
• 3.6 Value of the four-day week 108
• In their own words 111
• In their own words 113
• Part 4 Future 116
• 4.1 What can we conclude from this project 117
• 4.2 What is the path for the four-day week in Portugal 121
• Annexes 128
• Annex I Acknowledgments 129
• Annex II Involvement of the academic community 131
• Annex III International presentations 133