Joe Ryle, campaign director of the 4 Day Week Foundation, said: “Compressing the same amount of hours into four days rather than five is not the same thing as a true four-day working week.
A spokesman for 10 Downing Street said the Government had no plans to change its workers’ rights package, adding: “In general terms, it is not Government policy to support a general move to a four-day week for five days’ worth of pay.”.
Labour MPs call for the government to support a four-day working week Group is calling for an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill.
More than a dozen MPs are pushing for the government to include consideration for a four-day working week as part of a new set of workers rights rules.
The majority of the companies said their employees work 32 hours a week or less over the course of a week.
