On Monday, the 4 Day Week Foundation said more than UK companies have made the permanent switch to the shorter working pattern with no loss of pay. Those firms range from marketing agencies, IT firms and consultancies to those in the charity sector, and collectively employ more than 5, people.
Melville manages more than 2, homes for rent across central Scotland, meaning high tenant satisfaction and letting properties quickly were closely-watched signs that the staff involved were still doing their jobs properly after the switch.
She said the policy has also made it easier to hire top staff, and that an officer from another association had recently agreed to take a pay cut to join Melville. The growing popularity of the shorter work week comes as some large companies are rolling back pandemic-era flexible working policies, with tech giant Amazon recently demanding staff go into the office every day.
Another company that has offered staff a four-day working pattern is Brook, a charity that runs sexual health clinics across England for local authorities. A former Fox Sports reporter and anchor filed a lawsuit Friday against the network and top executive Charlie Dixon, saying he sexually assaulted her after coaxing her up to his hotel room to discuss Super Bowl plans in and was later pushed out of her job for fighting back.
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