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| Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success" and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said. |
| The trials, in which workers were paid the same amount for shorter hours, took place between 2015 and 2019. |
| Productivity remained the same or improved in the majority of workplaces, researchers said. |
| A number of other trials are now being run across the world, including in Spain and by Unilever in New Zealand. |
| In Iceland, the trials run by Reykjavík City Council and the national government eventually included more than 2,500 workers, which amounts to about 1% of Iceland's working population. |
| Many of them moved from a 40 hour week to a 35 or 36 hour week, researchers from UK think tank Autonomy and the Association for Sustainable Democracy (Alda) in Iceland said. |
| The trials led unions to renegotiate working patterns, and now 86% of Iceland's workforce have either moved to shorter hours for the same pay, or will gain the right to, the researchers said. |
| Workers reported feeling less stressed and at risk of burnout, and said their health and work-life balance had improved. |
| Will Stronge, director of research at Autonomy, said: "This study shows that the world's largest ever trial of a shorter working week in the public sector was by all measures an overwhelming success. |
| "It shows that the public sector is ripe for being a pioneer of shorter working weeks - and lessons can be learned for other governments." |
| Spain is piloting a four day working week for companies in part due to the challenges of coronavirus. |
| And Unilever in New Zealand is also giving staff a chance to cut their hours by 20% without hurting their pay in a trial. |
| In May, a report commissioned by the 4 Day Week campaign from Platform London suggested that shorter hours could cut the UK's carbon footprint. |
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