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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Thousands of UK workers to take part in four-day week trial

Commuters in Manchester: many employers are rethinking standard 5-day, workplace-based weeks.
Commuters in Manchester: many employers are rethinking standard five-day, workplace-based weeks. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

More than 3,000 workers at 60 companies across Britain will trial a four-day working week, in what is thought to be the biggest pilot scheme to take place anywhere in the world.

Employees from a wide range of businesses and charities are expected to take part in the scheme, which will run initially from June to December, including the Royal Society of Biology, the London-based brewing company Pressure Drop, a Manchester-based medical devices firm, and a fish and chip shop in Norfolk.

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