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The UK's four-day working week pilot was a success – here's what should happen next

  • Written by: Miriam Marra, Associate Professor of Finance and co-Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Henley Business School, University of Reading
The UK's four-day working week pilot was a success – here's what should happen nextReconstructing the working week.Steve Heap/Shutterstock

The world’s largest four-day working week trial has just ended and almost all of the companies that participated have decided to continue with a reduced working hours model.

Participants in the trial agreed to produce the same output for the same pay, while reducing their hours to a...

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