‘An undeniable success’: first UK council trial of four-day week set to be extended

South Cambridgeshire council plans further 12 months of scheme plus pilot for refuse workers

The first UK council to experiment with a four-day working week is expected to extend the trial after analysis showed it was overwhelmingly positive" for staff health and wellbeing without denting performance.

About 450 mainly desk-based employees of the Liberal Democrat-led South Cambridgeshire council embarked on the three-month pilot in January. They could choose to take Monday or Friday off and were expected to work more productively in the remaining four days. Their pay was not affected.