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A four-day week can work – if staff and employers can deal with the challenges

  • Written by: Miriam Marra, Associate Professor of Finance and co-Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Henley Business School, University of Reading
A four-day week can work – if staff and employers can deal with the challengesWork diary showing day offlinaimages

It sounds like a dream for many people currently working five days a week: how about just doing four days and having a long weekend?

When the weekends feel too short and the pressure of holding down a full-time job pushes workers to the limit, a four-day working week may appear very attractive. How does this...

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