Full list of UK companies working four day weeks with staff on FULL pay
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SINCE April 2024, workers have had the right to ask for flexible work, but firms do not have to agree. However, over 190 companies already offer a four day working week with full pay as standard. Back in February 2023, 18 UK companies made the change permanent following the world's biggest trial of four-day working.
![[Exactly 195 companies are now considered accredited 4 Day Week employers]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ambitious-smart-african-black-female-725604875.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
However, that number has now ballooned to 195 and comes ahead of a huge worker's rights shake-up, which will allow most employees to demand a four day working week. The original pilot, co-ordinated by 4 Day Week Global saw 61 companies across a variety of sectors in the UK commit to reducing their working hours for all staff by 20%, for six months from June 2022.
Most firms chose to give all their staff Fridays off, while some said they could take Monday or Friday, and others opted for no common day off among staff. The results revealed a significant drop in the rates of stress and illness among the around 2,900 staff trying the shorter working week.
They also found that company revenue increased slightly by 1.4% on average over the trial period and by a much higher 35% when compared to the same six-month period in 2021. However, several staff at one large company reported concerns about increasing workloads, finding their work intensified or they were battling to work through lengthy to-do lists in the time available.
