Fórsa has written to the chief executives of all local authorities in Ireland to ask them to engage with four-day working week pilot programmes.
Fórsa is part of a coalition of employers, unions, environmental and women’s campaign groups, which is calling for a gradual, steady and managed transition to a shorter working week in all sectors of the economy.
Last year, Fórsa published Ireland’s first ever public opinion poll on the four-day week, and three-quarters of respondents were said they supported a Government exploration of its introduction, while almost half of Irish employers said it would be feasible to trial a four-day week in their own workplace.
ICE Group Recruitment is one such company that has introduced a four-day working week.
They have offices in Galway, Limerick, and Sligo, and ICE Group’s Director Margaret Cox spoke to our reporter Diarmuid Pepper about the four-day working week and benefits and potential challenges:
