On 7 October, employees of Spanish fashion company Desigual voted in favour of working only four days per week. The firm’s staff will transition from 39.5 hours per week to 34 and will either have Fridays or Mondays off. With this 13% reduction in working hours, Desigual employees will be paid 6.5% less, after the management announced that it woulds cover half the shortfall.
The four-day working week will apply only to the 500 employees working at the Desigual headquarters, out of an overall workforce of 2,700. Those who wish to do so will also be able to work remotely one day a week. This shift to a short working week, proposed by the management, had been subject to a trial period before being submitted to a staff vote. On 7 October, 98% of the staff concerned took part in the vote and 86% of votes were cast in favour, well above the minimum threshold of 66% set b
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