A four-day workweek test is on in Britain, part of effort to boost employee well-being and business success.

More than 3,300 British workers are trying out a four-day workweek, part of a global movement to test a strategy seen as potentially improving business and

More than 3,300 British workers are trying out a four-day workweek, part of a global movement to test a strategy seen as potentially improving business and health outcomes.

Approximately 70 companies in the U.K. have agreed to take part in the six-month trial, spearheaded by 4 Day Week Global and 4 Day Week U.K. Campaign. The two nonprofit groups aim to improve productivity and work-life balance.

“The U.K. is at the crest of a wave of global momentum behind the four-day week," Joe O'Connor, CEO of 4 Day Week Global, said in a statement. “As we emerge from the pandemic, more and more companies are recognizing that the new frontier for competition is quality of life, and that reduced-hour, output-focused working is the vehicle to give them a competitive edge."

The six-month trial comes with no loss of pay for workers as long as they maintain the same level of output even as they reduce their schedules by 20 percent, organizers said.

“The 20th-century concept of a five-day working week is no longer the best fit for 21st-century business," said Ed Siegel, CEO of Charity Bank, a savings and loan group that lends to nonprofits and that is participating in the pilot program. "We firmly believe that a four-day week with no change to salary or benefits will create a happier workforce and will have an equally positive impact on business productivity, customer experience and our social mission."

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporations/four-day-work-week-britain-united-kingdom-rcna32381

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