Police Scotland staff across Scotland could soon work four-day weeks under new proposals put forward by the force as part of an agreed pay deal with trade unions.
The deal - for administrative staff, rather than officers, who agreed a deal in August - includes a pledge by top brass to investigate ways of lightening heaving workloads. Among the ideas mooted is the idea of a four-day working week - which would see staff work four days a week rather than five with no cut to pay - and an "overnight disruption allowance" to cover emergency drafting for significant events.
The ideas will be discussed by a joint working group made up of police and trade union representatives. Alongside the flat five percent rise in salaries and shift allowances - to be paid in November pay packets - police chiefs have also agreed to introduce paid parental leave for new parents, including adoptive parents, which can be claimed retroactively from next year for any child born since April 2022.
