Who in Russia could go to the four-day week? Iceland has already switched to a shortened week and everything is in time.
An experiment was conducted in Iceland: for several years 2.5 thousand municipal employees worked 35-36 hours a week instead of 40 for the same salary. This is not exactly 4 days, but already not 5. Foreign experts believe that the experiment ended with “overwhelming success.” Labor productivity in most jobs has increased. The Icelandic Association for Sustainable Democracy believes that 86% of the country's population is now eligible to demand the reduction of working hours.
“In Russia, companies engaged in consulting, marketing, programming could switch to a 4-day working week,” says Art. Vasily Anikin, Research Fellow, Institute for Social Policy, Higher School of Economics. – But it will be difficult to transfer healthcare and education to such a schedule. If the doctor rests for 3 days, will the patient live to see his arrival? There is also a risk that you will have to work extra intensively for 4 days or work on weekends under pressure from management. “
