Staff at a Welsh salon have been working a four-day week for the past two years without a pay cut and they are urging other workplaces to offer the same to their employees because they feel happier, healthier, and more relaxed.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic staff at Slunks salon in Cardiff have been turning up for work four days a week instead of five and the business’ co-owner is calling on the rest of Wales to follow suit.
Joel McCauley opened his own salon business more than a decade ago and was intent on doing things differently. With that in mind he set out a long-term plan to move to a shorter working week. This plan was accelerated due to outbreak of Covid-19 and how the virus changed the retail and business world.
