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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Barry Ross

Labour's four day week reforms will boost workers' morale and productivity

It has been reported that Labour and its Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, are considering strengthening the right for employees to request a four day working week. 

We have no detail about how this will work in practice, but a consistent theme seems to be that it will not be compulsory for employers to accept such requests, and the government has said it has “no plans” to force employers to accept requests. 

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