According to Essential Business, 11 companies decided to extend the pilot test within the same format and four decided to pull out and go back to a five-day working week. As for the others, they will use a mixed format to suit their own working models.
The four-day work week was designed to reduce the working week by 12 hours worth 28% of their salaries on average with staff not suffering salary cuts.
The four-day working week test pilot was coordinated by economist Pedro Gomes and researcher in human resources Rita Fontinha, with the test period running for six months between June and November 2023 without any salary reduction or…
