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Maker the standard working week shorter, reducing it from 5 days to 4

Submitted on Monday 22nd April 2019

Rejected on Tuesday 21st May 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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Maker the standard working week shorter, reducing it from 5 days to 4

Petition Details

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 short


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can't accept your petition because it's about something that the UK Government and Parliament are not responsible for. This would be a decision for employers.

UK and EU law places limits on the total amount of time someone can work during a week and the minimum amount they can be paid an hour, but it doesn't specify how many or which days of the week they have to work.

You could start a new petition calling for a law placing limits on the number of days someone is allowed to work during a week if that is something you would like to see happen.

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