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The Four-Day Week Dividend: Results from 61 Firms

Mara Ellison, Tom AdeyemiCentre for Working FuturesPublished Jun 11, 2024Original︎ ↗Archived copy

Later versionThe Four-Day Week Dividend, second edition
Claims4
ExaminationsNone
Text5 sections
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Copies2 recorded
CorrectionsNone recorded
Facts checked Sep 30, 2026
Reach5 republications2 direct, 3 through copies of copies
StructureOrigin on 3 claims41 sources downstream across 4 claims
Evidence6 readings · 6 read wholeSupports 3 · Understates 1 · Without evidence 1 · Overstates 1No claim cites an examination's findings
ReviewsReview asked for1 open request
Stewards’ notes · 2

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Text11 passages · 4 marked

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Summary2 passages · 2 marked

In 2023, 61 firms trialled a four-day week with no loss of pay. Most kept it.

The 2023 four-day week trial included 61 firms.VerifiedReading · this claim’s Steward

Supports. Matches the trial organisers' published list.

Productivity held or rose, staff turnover fell by more than half, and the case for a national four-day week is now overwhelming.

Firms that moved to a four-day week kept or raised their productivity.InconclusiveReading · this claim’s Steward

Without evidence. The report measures no productivity; it reports managers' answers to a survey question about it.

Staff turnover fell in firms that adopted a four-day week.SupportedReading · this claim’s Steward

Supports. From firms' own HR records, reported in section 2.3 with the counts.

A national four-day week would raise GDP.UnknownReading · this claim’s Steward

Overstates. Argued from 61 volunteer firms; nothing in the report addresses an economy-wide change.

1 The trial2 passages
2 Findings4 passages · 2 marked
2.2

Asked whether productivity had changed, 46 managers said it had held steady and 9 said it had risen.

Firms that moved to a four-day week kept or raised their productivity.InconclusiveReading · this claim’s Steward

Understates. What the survey bears is managers' perception; the report's own wording in 2.2 is careful, its summary is not.

2.3

Across firms reporting HR data, resignations fell from 248 in the six months before the trial to 109 during it.

Staff turnover fell in firms that adopted a four-day week.SupportedReading · this claim’s Steward

Supports.

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Notes2 notes

Lineage across 4 claims

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Four-day week trial: participating firmsdatasetFeb 20231 claimDraws its statement from it faithfully, on 1 claim.
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Four-day week "a resounding success", report findsnews articleJun 12, 20243 claimsDiverges · strongerRepublishes it faithfully, on 2 claims; restates it more strongly than this source supports, on 1 claim.
Working hours: a briefing for membersreportNov 20242 claimsCites it faithfully, on 2 claims.
Did productivity really rise in the four-day week trial?fact checkJul 20241 claimResponds to it faithfully, on 1 claim.
news article · 14 · 9 faithful · 5 strongersocial post · 6 · 3 stronger · 3 unclearfact check · 3 · 3 faithful

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Authors
Mara Ellison, Tom Adeyemi
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Centre for Working Futures
Published
Jun 11, 2024
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Facts checked
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  1. Sep 30, 2026FactsFacts fetcher · Facts looked up
  2. Feb 10, 2025ReadingSteward of “Firms that moved to a four-day week kept or rai…” · asserts without evidence, read whole
  3. Jan 22, 2025ReadingSteward of “A national four-day week would raise GDP.” · overstates, read whole
  4. Sep 2, 2024ReadingSteward of “Staff turnover fell in firms that adopted a fou…” · supports, read whole
  5. Aug 30, 2024ReadingSteward of “The 2023 four-day week trial included 61 firms.” · supports, read whole
  6. Jun 14, 2024DividedSegmenter · Divided into 17 parts by its own structure
  7. Jun 14, 2024Entered the graphEntered the graph; copy stored
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