Submitted on Wednesday 10th July 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 24th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Bring the four-day working week to the UK. Improve quality of life & wellbeing.
Work-life balance is a struggle. With life faster and busier than ever and with increasing pressure to make ends meet, this is having a detrimental effect on our mental health and stress levels. Working 5 days is making us more tired, stressed and less productive. Bring on the four-day working week!
Work-related stress, anxiety or depression accounts for over half of all working days lost due to ill health in the UK.
Many countries in Europe successfully have a four-day working week, including Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, France & Switzerland.
A New Zealand study looked at a firm employing a four day working week and found
-Work-life balance increased by 24%
-Stress levels decreased by 7%
-Job performance did not change when doing it over four days instead of five.
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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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