The standard 40-hour work week has been around for a while now as our full-time norm. But in recent times, debates about working time reduction appear to have been making somewhat of a comeback – particularly in the form of the 4-day week idea.
Is it time to rethink our working time norms? And what role is the labour movement playing in this debate?
Discussion with Agnieszka Piasna, ETUI Senior Researcher and co-author of the paper ‘Negotiating working time reduction’.
Further reading
Negotiating working time reduction | etui
‘Winning back our time’, in HesaMag#29, Navigating the AI revolution | etui
Friday on my mind - Working time in the manufacturing sector | etui