The initial results of Portugal's four-day week trial, published on 12 December, show high levels of satisfaction among both participating companies and the employees concerned. The experiment resulted in a 13.7% reduction in weekly working hours, from 39.3 to 34 hours per week.
The results of the four-day week trial in Portugal are positive, with 95% of the 41 participating companies giving a positive assessment of the experiment. Launched in June without any financial compensation from the state, unlike the pilot project in Spain, the experiment lasted six months and involved almost a thousand employees. According to the report presented yesterday, the working week was reduced by an average of 13.7%, from 39.3 hours to 34 hours. In 58.5% of companies, this meant...
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Nathalie Tran
Editor-in-Chief Mind HR