Novinky.cz: Some companies in Czechia introducing four-day work week

Roughly one percent of companies in Czechia have introduced a four-day work week, the news site Novinky reported. According to the news site around one thousand companies are testing the impact of the change. Employees have to complete the work in four days instead of five, while maintaining the standard eight-hour workday for the same wage. Some say the change has had positive results including a better atmosphere in the workplace and a higher number of applicants for new positions.

However some companies which introduced the four-day work week have already abandoned it, Novinky says. Critics argue that given Europe’s competitiveness such a model is untenable in the long-term.