Petition Reduce the 5 day working week to 34.5 hours over 4 days for the same pay.

In a world where the weekend disappears in a nanosecond, workers are underpaid and overworked.

The aim of this petition is to reduce the average working week by 3 hours allowing flexible working (4 day week, optional 5 days as chosen by the employee) for companies with more than 20 employees.

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This would; help the economy (people at work spend less), increase productivity, reduce unemployment and ensure a better quality of life.

France’s 35-Hour Week: Attack on Business? Win-Win Reform? Or Betrayal of Disadvantaged Workers? Politics & Society December 2006 34: 503-542,

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

195 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 195 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 5 August 2016
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