Submitted on Thursday 26th July 2018
Rejected on Tuesday 31st July 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Alter the standard working week from 5 days (Monday - Friday) to 4 days.
Years ago a 7 day working week was normal and a 6 or 5 day working week sounded absurd.
With human development and technology rapidly changing the way we live our lives, the most productive nations in the world work shorter days and trials with shorter weeks have seen productivity improvements.
Some arguments both for and against:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/16/working-four-day-week-hours-labour
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/benefits-and-drawbacks-four-day-workweek-4158304
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/content.wisestep.com/top-pros-cons-4-day-work-week/amp/
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/217868
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