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- 69
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- Ireland
- Reference no
- WPEF24029
Table of Contents
- Executive summary 4
- 1 - Introduction 6
- 2 - Main evolutions in working time policies in Europe and other regions of the world 8
- The 1980/90s: Tensions between working time reduction (as a measure to reduce unemployment) and productive flexibility (“employer friendly” flexibility) 8
- New drivers in working time policies. 9
- Two key experiments have catalysed the movement for a reduction in working hours. 10
- A six-hour a day trial at the Svartedalen retirement home 10
- Working time reduction trials in Iceland 11
- The unexpected expansion of the 4-day workweek 13
- The idea of a 4-day work week is not new 13
- The emergence of the 4-day/32h model 14
- The Pioneers 14
- The post-pandemic spread of the 4-day working week 15
- 3 - Theoretical and empirical analysis of the impacts of collective reduction in working hours 18
- Impact on employment 18
- Impact on productivity 24
- Social impacts 25
- Environmental impact 28
- 4 - Impact of the 6/30 model and of 4-day work week 31
- Evaluations of the 6/30 model 31
- Several experiments of the 6/30 model have been conducted in the healthcare sector in Sweden 32
- The emblematic case of Svarteladen home 33
- A Belgian organisation drew inspiration from the 6/30 model 34
- Evaluation of the four-day working week 35
- A summary of the impacts of experiments initiated by 4-day week global 36
- Overview of the trials : countries included and methodology 36
- Overall positive evaluations from both company and employees 38
- Key lessons from experiments conducted in two pioneering companies 43
- Perpetual Guardian 44
- Welcome to the Jungle 46
- Box 2: What about the compressed workweek? 47
- Main lessons from evaluation studies: 4/32 model or 6/30 model of working time reduction ? 49
- The 6/30 model 50
- The 4/32 model 51
- 5- Discussion: limits of current approaches, moving forward 53
- Critical analysis of 4-day week evaluation 53
- 4 days/32 hours method: a magic solution? 53
- A Fragile Evaluation Methodology 54
- Conceptual Framework for Further Case Studies: preliminary ideas 56
- 6 - Conclusion 60
- References 62
