Scotland to trial 4-day working week

[MyBadHabitsLeadToYou]

With no consequential pay reduction.

I couldn’t find a thread on this. Apologies if I have missed one.

I’m not sure what to make of this. I already work a four-day week (so that my four year old isn’t in full time nursery) and it’s a nice balance. But sometimes a bit stressful because my workload is heavy so it’s one less day in which to get things done. However, soooo many people are so overworked and stressed and it would be good for mental health etc.

But I’m not entirely clear on how this will work in practice e.g small private businesses. Twitter views are very mixed. How will it benefit retail staff etc, will it only benefit the office workers…

Just wondering what the consensus is.

It will probably end up with people working the same amount of hours across less days. .

Are they going to be able to compel private firms etc to comply?

I can't wait! But agree, don't really see how it will work in practice other than for people with flexible office jobs.

Well I doubt it'll benefit retail, NHS or education staff. So yes, it'll just be office workers I imagine.

Jesus wept.

Is there no end to what The SNP will try to do to bribe the population into voting for independence.

It's completely and utterly unaffordable. Scotland is already subsidised by England due tho the Barnett formula.

I sincerely hope they do gain independence before they sink the entire UK.

@MyBadHabitsLeadToYou

Are they going to be able to compel private firms etc to comply?

No. They'll leave.

It would be like Brexit on steroids.

Can't find anything on this on any Scottish news websites... can you post a link OP?

‘Scotland’ isn’t a company though so that headline when I saw it surprised me. My work aren’t changing.

@ReginaaPhalange it’s was on bbc Scotlands website yesterday

Hard to see how that would work for e.g. education.

There'll also be some cracking company politics when firms are deciding who gets Mondays and Fridays off and so gets a three day weekend and who gets their extra day midweek.

Hahahahahahahahaha

Says every Scottish farm worker currently working a 7 day week

Link
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-58403087.amp

I think I’d get as much done in four days as five tbh.

With all the productivity improvements over the last 100 years we should have been working a four day week decades ago. Instead all of those gains have been eaten up by those at the top and we are kept artificially busy so that we don’t have time to think about why this might be.

It seems mad to me that some people appear to be mad at the thought of everyone working less! How much koolaid have you drunk?

@SofiaMichelle

Jesus wept.

Is there no end to what The SNP will try to do to bribe the population into voting for independence.

It's completely and utterly unaffordable. Scotland is already subsidised by England due tho the Barnett formula.

I sincerely hope they do gain independence before they sink the entire UK.

You’ve embarrassed yourself here. You need to read more.

@Munkustrap

Hard to see how that would work for e.g. education.

There'll also be some cracking company politics when firms are deciding who gets Mondays and Fridays off and so gets a three day weekend and who gets their extra day midweek.

It’s not really, a lot of schools in Edinburgh do 4.5 days.

Never going to happen, except maybe in the public sector, which is bloated and unproductive anyway.

Exactly what @Notthemessiah said 👆

A lot of schools do 4.5 days a week and it shafts parents who are trying to work full time. I think they just assume we are all SAHMs…

@Whycangirlsbesonasty

A lot of schools do 4.5 days a week and it shafts parents who are trying to work full time. I think they just assume we are all SAHMs…

Oh so childcare? Rather than education?

Oh so childcare? Rather than education?

It’s all very well saying this but there needs to be a dose of reality too.

Another unworkable policy. Is it one that the Greens have insisted on pushing in return for getting into Sturgeon's cabinet?

How's that going to work then? Is EVERYONE doing 4 days a week? Coz then I could reduce my nursery fees and the nursery staff would still get paid the same.

Do you know how they get the educational hours into a 4.5 day week? They have shortened break times. There is barely any time for lunchtime play, which is so sad. But yeh, childcare. Whatever!

"Scotland" trialling it doesn't mean all (or even most) workplaces in Scotland.
I expect that there will be a vague encouragement of civil service departments etc to participate. So certain roles in certain workplaces. Not everyone!

Maybe some private workplaces will trial it too, if they can see a business case for doing so.

I'd love it personally, and I think my (office based) workplace could maybe be more efficient.
As long as there wasn't a compulsion to work longer on the other 4 days....
But I dont think I'll be offered it, sadly!

@Whycangirlsbesonasty

Do you know how they get the educational hours into a 4.5 day week? They have shortened break times. There is barely any time for lunchtime play, which is so sad. But yeh, childcare. Whatever!

Omg. That's so cruel. Playtime is where social skills are learnt.