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Live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Jacqui Smith says four-day compressed hours could help people work Is the UK on the brink of a four-day working week becoming the norm?

Like many full-time workers Laura Etchells had longed for hours more flexible than the traditional Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. The mum-of-two from Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, now works her ...

The right to request a short working week, with four longer “shifts” and three days off is being proposed as part of new flexible working legislation in the UK. Also known as working “compressed hours ...

The traditional 40-hour workweek has long been the hallmark of American employment – but is it still the best way to work? With more people logging in from home, balancing family demands and ...

It comes as no surprise that the need for more flexible working practices has become a talking point. Before Covid, many companies were reluctant to formalise working from home, or consider hours ...

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Anne Skeldon has received funding from Transport for London and from Scotia Gas Network. Derk-Jan Dijk received funding from AFOSR USA. Steven W Lockley is a consultant to Timeshifter Inc, KBR Wyle ...