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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff

Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week

Commuters walk over London Bridge
The ‘9-5, five-day working week was invented 100 years ago and is no longer fit for purpose’, said Joe Ryle, campaign director of the 4 Day Week Foundation. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent Britain’s working week.

Together the companies employ more than 5,000 people, with charities, marketing and technology firms among the best-represented, according to the latest update from the 4 Day Week Foundation.

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