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In the Netherlands you're legally allowed to work parttime for the same hourly pay. This has resulted in a lot of people working 32 hours (or less).

This, however, is not the same as an entire company working 4 day weeks.

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I understood that the UK trial is without paycut. So full pay for 32 hours assuming hourly workers.

Whereas in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Scandinavian countries, etc. they typically accept 32 or 24 hours but with a proportional pay cut.

A company could even be staffed 24/7 and yet nobody work more than 32 hrs a week.

What we really should be trying to normalize is most everything shutting down an extra day where possible.

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0 pointsapexalpha3y ago0 comments

In the Netherlands you're legally allowed to work parttime for the same hourly pay. This has resulted in a lot of people working 32 hours (or less).

This, however, is not the same as an entire company working 4 day weeks.

I understood that the UK trial is without paycut. So full pay for 32 hours assuming hourly workers.

Whereas in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Scandinavian countries, etc. they typically accept 32 or 24 hours but with a proportional pay cut.

A company could even be staffed 24/7 and yet nobody work more than 32 hrs a week.

What we really should be trying to normalize is most everything shutting down an extra day where possible.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse