Businesses join first official trial of four-day week under Labour

One thousand workers in the UK will get extra time off with no loss of pay in the first official pilot by the four-day week campaign under the Labour government.

- Jasper Jolly

The British Society for Immunology, and Crate Brewery in Hackney, east London, are among the 17 businesses to have joined the trial, which is being launched today and is led by the 4 Day Week Campaign.

The findings from the trial will be presented to the government in the summer as momentum builds for a shorter working week. The businesses in the trial will mostly implement a four-day week, although some have opted to test a shorter working week or a nine-day fortnight, in which workers get an extra day off every two weeks. Four more businesses will join the trial later.