Department of Environment considers four-day working week for staff 

The Department of the Environment, overseen by Minister Eamon Ryan, is seeking proposals on the feasibility and implications of moving its staff to a four-day working week. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

The Department of the Environment is seeking proposals on the feasibility and implications of moving its staff to a four-day working week.

If adopted, it would become the first government department to fully endorse and implement the reduced working week and would send a signal to other sectors about the benefits of flexible working hours and work-life balance.