'A four-day week will help us attract and retain the best talent'

Could we soon work a four-day week? Martha Brennan speaks to the Irish companies trialling a longer weekend

'Managers trust their workers more now and something like a four-day work week, which may have seemed radical a few years ago, seems like a rational next step.' Picture: iStock

From working from home to early finishing times and extended leave, the past two years have brought more flexibility to the workplace than ever before. But could a shorter working week also be in our future? 

A campaign called Four Day Week is trying to make that happen by running trials of a reduced working week around the globe — and using Ireland as its first basis for research.