> "The trials, in which workers were paid the same amount for shorter hours, took place between 2015 and 2019."
Does anyone knows is it same amount per hour or monthly ?
I guess if it is monthly this is only for permanent workers, contractors/freelancers who are paid by day/hour would be exempt from this study/practice as it would mean that their rate would increase.
The whole idea behind 4 days work week is that you are more rested and more motivated and don't slack around. Therefore doing as much in 4 days as in 5 days.
Though I don't see how this could be applied to factory workers. I only can see from sw dev perspective. I would probably spend less time talking about 4 days work week on HN if on that schedule :)
That's kinda the thing. The five day work week evolved in response to factory work. The machines were the expensive overhead, and profit was maximized by keeping them going for as long as possible.
The work week had previously been six days, or even seven if management was insufficiently religious. Just getting down to five was a literal fight:
Office work inherited that ethic, but without the reasoning. Nobody even tried to determine the optimal number of hours.
Service sector work is more complicated, since it's often part time or hourly, and varies widely from place to place and person to person. Optimizing that would take a whole lot more work. But for office jobs, it's long since past time to reconsider why we're basing it on factory jobs.
Does anyone knows is it same amount per hour or monthly ?
I guess if it is monthly this is only for permanent workers, contractors/freelancers who are paid by day/hour would be exempt from this study/practice as it would mean that their rate would increase.