For a six month period starting in June 2022, 61 UK companies reduced their employees working hours by 20 per cent, with no changes made to their salary.
Durham-based Atom Bank rushed to the defence of the radical working pattern in the wake of reports that workers involved in the world s biggest four-day week pilot had expressed concerns.
More than 3,000 employees across 70 companies began working a four-day week in June as part of a trial that could overhaul the working life of Britons.