The companies that participated were from a wide range of sectors and sizes and were permitted to design a four-day week policy tailored to their own needs, with the onlyconditions being that pay was not cut and employees were given a "meaningful" reduction in work time.
參與研究的公司行業不同，規模不一，并可以根據自身需求設計每周工作四天的政策，唯一的要求是不減薪，并“實際”縮減員工工作時間。
A shorter work week was found to improve employees' well-being. Before and after data showed that 39% of employees reported feeling less stressed, 71% had reduced levels of burnout at the end of the trial. Surveyed employees said they also felt less anxious, less fatigued and were sleeping better.
研究發現，縮短工作時間可以提高員工幸福感。試點計劃開展前后數據顯示，39%的員工表示壓力減輕，而71%的員工在試驗結束時的倦怠程度有所降低。接受調查的員工表示，他們還感到不那么焦慮、疲勞，睡眠有所改善。
Employees also said their work-life balance improved, but the benefits were not limited to workers.
員工們還稱，他們的工作與生活更加平衡，但四天工作制不僅僅給員工帶來了好處。
Administrative data from the participating companies showed that revenues rose by 1.4% on average, weighted by company size, during the trial period.
參與試驗的企業的管理數據顯示，在試驗期間，按公司規模加權，收入平均增長1.4%。
When compared to a similar period from previous years, organizations with shorter work week actually reportedrevenue increases of 35% on average—which the study authors said indicated healthy growth at the same time there was a reduction in work.
與往年同期相比，每周工作時間較短的企業，實際上報告的收入平均增長了35%——研究作者表示，這表明在員工工作時間縮短的同時，企業實現了健康增長。
四天工作制越來越受歡迎
羅致恒富人力資源的一項調查顯示，93%的企業管理者支持每周四天工作制度，64%的管理者認為，他們所在的企業將在未來5年內實行四天工作制。
Data also showed employees were much less likely to leave the companies that participated in the trial program,with staff losses dropping by 57% in the six-month trial period.
數據還顯示，員工從參與試驗的公司離職的可能性要小得多，在六個月的試驗期內，員工流失率下降了57%。
Some employees enjoyed the change so much they said keeping the extra day off each week would be more important than a raise. 15% of employees said that noamount of money would induce them to return to a five-day schedule.
一些員工非常喜歡這種變化，他們認為，每周多休息一天比加薪更重要。15%的員工表示，再多的錢也無法促使他們恢復到五天工作制。
Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder and managing director of 4 Day Week Global, said the results were encouraging and that results from similar pilot programs around the globe would be forthcoming.
非營利組織“全球四天工作制”聯合創始人兼總經理夏洛特·洛克哈特表示，試驗結果令人鼓舞，全球各地類似試點項目的結果也即將出爐。
“試行一周四天工作制”自2022年6月在英國開始試行。該項目由非盈利機構“全球四天工作制”、智庫 Autonomy、英國四天工作制運動團與劍橋大學、牛津大學和波士頓學院的研究人員合作運營。
此前，冰島也曾在2015年至2019年間開展過短工作周試點活動，共有2500名公共部門員工參與了兩次大型試點活動。試點發現，參與者的勞動效率沒有因為工作時間縮短而降低，而員工的幸福感卻有顯著提升。
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監制：李璨
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