A Merseyside MP is today backing a bill to see a four-day working week introduced nationally.
Bootle MP Peter Dowd has introduced an amendment to the Working Time Regulations 1998 in Parliament in a bid to reduce the hours of the maximum working week from 48 hours to 32 hours. This would result in the number of days in the working week being reduced to four.
In April this year, the ECHO reported that 60 companies across the country had already introduced the reduced working week, with around 3,000 employees being affected. Companies that signed up for the trial ranged from large marketing firms to charities and breweries, with the campaign lasting six months.
