{"product_id":"official-4-day-week-handbooktr","title":"Official 4 Day Week Handbooktr","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''The best guide to increasing your, and most other adults’, leisure time by 50%. With no serious downside''\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Danny Dorling, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A four-day working week is long overdue and this book provides a crucial roadmap.\u003c\/b\u003e One day, we will look back in horror at the fact we worked until we dropped.''\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eOwen Jones, Journalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRising employers worldwide are switching to a four-day week, making workers happier and organisations stronger.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWritten by the head of the UK''s 4 Day Week campaign, this easy-to-follow guide shows how businesses, charities, and government organisations can reap the benefits of introducing smarter working.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt takes anyone considering modernising their hours through the current academic evidence for the benefits of introducing a four-day week – with no loss of pay. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt tackles:\u003cbr\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe productivity improvements that flow from more energised and focused staff\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe typical challenges faced in running a trial, including part-time workers and bank holidays\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe different approaches to introducing a four-day week, such as staggered and fifth-day stoppage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 4 Day Week Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e features case studies from the British economy. There are tips for improving the output of a business and a resources section with the essential information you need to start making progress, including a list of academics and researchers who may be able to help.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs the leader of the 4 Day Week Campaign in the UK, Joe Ryle has years of practical experience working with organisations that have adopted more flexible working.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eExplaining why companies are changing, he charts the changes to our working lives over time. At the turn of the 20th Century, workers routinely toiled for six days a week. Then the Ford Motor Company invented the five-day working week, and the ''weekend''. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow, with longer commutes and more family members employed, the five-day working week no longer works for employers or employees. Stressed-out workers stagger home on a Friday evening and take the weekend to recover, while productivity stagnates. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003e4 Day Week Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e cites the evidence that shortening working hours provides major benefits for the health and welfare of staff – and employers. During a trial involving 2,900 workers at 61 organisations in the UK, sick days fell by 65% (improving productivity). Staff felt much more loyal to their bosses.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCompanies’ revenue stayed broadly the same, rising by 1.4% on average.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAlmost all employers who piloted a four-day week continued operating one after the trial ended.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 4 Day Week Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e charts the many benefits of working smarter, not harder.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetter work-life balance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA four-day week with no loss of pay gives workers the time to live happier and more fulfilled lives, allowing for those non-work parts of life that are often neglected:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003erest – sleep and physical, mental, social, emotional and sensory rest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eparenting –reducing the use of paid childcare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eleisure – spending time with family and friends and pursuing hobbies and passions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e''Life Admin'' – shopping, cleaning, managing household finances\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA four-day week with no loss of pay lowers the financial and environmental costs of commuting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigher performance and profits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReal-world examples show that employers who move to a four-day week improve productivity and cut costs. In 2021, the Henley Business School estimated that UK businesses would save a combined £104 billion a year if all the UK worked a four-day week.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReducing the working week enables organisations to attract and retain high-quality employees who are happier and less stressed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore sustainable lifestyle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMore free time allows citizens to cycle and walk instead of driving and cook with fresh ingredients rather than buying energy-intensive ready meals.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eResearch has shown that a four-day week could reduce the UK''s carbon footprint by 127 million tonnes per year. That is the equivalent of taking Britain’s entire private car fleet of 27 million cars off the road.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe business and human resources case for introducing a 4-day week at your office, shop or factory is clear. This succinct and practical book shows how to make the change.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eReviews\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eThe four-day week is an idea whose time has come\u003c\/b\u003e. This is an invaluable guide to its benefits but more importantly how to introduce it successfully. It’s a handbook to the future of work.'' \u003ci\u003eJohn McDonnell MP, former Shadow Chancellor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eSimple, effective, efficient.\u003c\/b\u003e The best guide to increasing your, and most other adults’, leisure time by 50%. 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