Submission Documents: By Councillor Dan Hutchison:- "Council notes that the world's biggest trial of a four-day work week has been launched this month with 70 employers across sectors in the UK participating, organised by 4 Day Week Global, Autonomy, and 4 Day Week Campaign, and with research being undertaken by Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College. Council also notes that this trial is being undertaken on the 100:80:100 model which maintains 100 per cent of the workers' pay while working 80 per cent of their previous hours in return for 100 per cent of productivity achieved during a five day week. Council affirms that this model has successfully been implemented by local businesses, charities and other workplaces already here in Glasgow. Council agrees that we must be at the forefront of the improvements of workers' terms and conditions and in doing so must accept our responsibility to investigate the Council's ability to reduce the work week by a day. Council further agrees that the five day work week is now nearly 90 years old, and agrees that there is a need to transition to a wellbeing economy. Council instructs the Chief Executive to bring a proposal to the Workforce Board within 6 months in order to progress a feasibility study of the Council's workforce, considering the reduction of the workforce hours by 20 per cent while maintaining current remuneration level, and evaluating the efficacy of a pilot scheme and how quickly it could be rolled out across the Council's workforce." Help Icon

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Item Minute - 23 June 2022 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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