{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/314748.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":314748,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"CALL FOR GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE THE WORK WEEK TO 4 DAYS! SCRAP THE 5 DAY WORK WEEK","background":"Legislate and reduce the Work Week to 4 days. \r\n\r\nThe current 5 day work week system does not work. \r\n\r\nWe want the Government/Parliament to take example modelling from other countries that have this and benefit from it first and foremost by having a happier society.","additional_details":"If we reduce the work week to 4 days, people will be happier with their lives, their families and their jobs. \r\n\r\nRight now, people are generally unhappy in the UK. \r\n\r\nWe have seen an increase in mental health issues such as depression and stress, lack of important family time, which is vital to societal development.\r\n\r\nIf people are overworked and not well-rested, this creates a hostile setting for society. \r\n\r\nWe currently have an unhealthy system, which is having a detrimental effect on society.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":10,"created_at":"2020-04-07T23:21:19.542Z","updated_at":"2020-05-26T09:44:11.162Z","rejected_at":"2020-05-26T09:44:11.164Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-04-08T00:02:14.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We can't accept your petition because it's about something that the UK Government and Parliament are not responsible for. This would be a decision for employers.\r\n\r\nUK law places limits on the total amount of time someone can work during a week and the minimum amount they can be paid an hour, but it doesn't specify how many or which days of the week they have to work.\r\n\r\nYou could start a new petition calling for a law placing limits on the number of days someone is allowed to work during a week if that is something you would like to see happen."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}