Following a nine-month trial of a four-day working week, the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) has made the new working schedule official, having seen no loss of productivity and a significant improvement in staff morale.
Managers at the Linlithgow-based non-profit organisation based confirmed that staff provided the same level of support and delivery of services that they previously had when working a five-day week. Additionally, in some cases, the SBRC saw productivity increase within the team during the pilot.
Chief executive Jude McCorry said: “A four-day working week won’t make sense for everyone but, having seen the value of it for ourselves, we strongly recommend more organisations consider moving to it – it’s a great benefit for employees at little to no cost to the company. Our biggest piece of advice is to engage with employees throughout the process.
