Should we adopt a four-day work week nationally?
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Pilot studies show productivity stays the same or improves while worker wellbeing increases significantly across all sectors. @@yes_1
UK and Icelandic trials reported lower burnout and equal or higher revenue — the productivity case is now empirical, not speculative. @@yes_2
A shorter week reduces commuting, childcare costs and gendered career penalties — quality-of-life gains crowd in. @@yes_3
Polling consistently shows a majority of citizens support moving forward — democratic legitimacy is on this side. @@yes_4
Pilot programs in comparable jurisdictions have produced encouraging results that opponents tend to downplay or ignore. @@yes_5
21%3
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Many industries — healthcare, manufacturing, services — cannot reduce hours without hiring more staff, raising costs for everyone. @@no_1
The pilots over-represent white-collar firms. Generalising to factories, hospitals and SMEs requires evidence we don't yet have. @@no_2
Mandating 32 hours by law removes flexibility — many workers prefer extra income to extra time off. @@no_3
Once enacted, this kind of policy is politically very hard to reverse — that asymmetry alone calls for caution. @@no_4
The evidence base remains contested, and headline studies often haven't been independently replicated at scale. @@no_5
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