How's Iceland's 4-Day Work Week Working? 'Incredibly Well,' Study Says

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• Phoenix3875@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Encouraging. However, there seems to be a question missing in the discussion: why aren’t more people taking the reduced hour offerings?

  According to the report itself, after the first stage of trial, 86% of the work population started to negotiate reduced hours, of the people surveyed, 51% were offered reduced hours and only 14% took them. It’s an unprecedented large proportion, but still less than one would expect given the benefits. There are other factors preventing people to do so. I hope there will be a follow-up research to find out why.

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  • Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it’s probably like the other commenter said, just money. I think it may be “the other thing”? Where you can have whatever rules and policies in place at the govt level, but if there’s a “work hard / sacrifice for dumb reasons” culture solidly entrenched at work…well, writing’s on the wall. Do that or be soft-ostracized.

    I do think the rules make an impact anywhere there’s a functioning government, just by slowly shifting what people see (accept?) as “normal”.

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  • ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People barely survive on their income as it is, that’s why

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    • iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From the study:

      Between 2015 and 2019, following discussions between public sector employers and trade unions, Iceland saw two major public sector trials of a shorter working week for no loss in pay.

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• IntangibleSloth@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  [Dreaming in American]

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  • Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unauthorized use of company time, you pay has bee reduced by 50% for this pay period.

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• sir_pronoun@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So they can choose to take the 36 hour week, right? Guess that means they earn less if they do?

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  • iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The article is unclear, but the introduction on the study says:

    Between 2015 and 2019, following discussions between public sector employers and trade unions, Iceland saw two major public sector trials of a shorter working week for no loss in pay.

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    • sir_pronoun@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Jeez, Scandinavian countries showing how it’s done again. How come the rest of the world isn’t crying in shame all day?

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• iceonfire1@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Reduced to from 40 to 36 hours is fine but it’s still a 5 day work week.

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