Denmark: In Esbjerg Municipality, a four-day working week experiment has been a great success.
Exactly two years ago, 520 of the local job centre’s employees agreed to test a new working arrangement in which they worked the same number of hours, but on fewer days.
And it was quickly established that enjoying a three-day weekend made people happier and improved their working environment.
The employees at the job centre in Esbjerg were still clocking 37 hours each week.
Approximately 90 percent of the workers accepted the new timetables, and a large majority said they were satisfied – 97 percent of them.