UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government will propose that workers United Kingdom may have four-day work week.

However, they must continue to observe the hours stipulated in their employment contracts.

“We believe that flexible working is good for productivity. […] “Maybe instead of working eight hours a day for five days, you could work 10 hours a day for four,” Secretary of State for Learning and Skills Jacqui Smith told LBC radio.

“It will be the same amount of work, but one that will allow you to spend less on childcare or spend more time with your family.

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There will be no new modality. mandatory for companies in the country

“This will attract more people into the labour market and help our main goal – stimulating economic growth,” he explained.

However, Smith acknowledged that some professions, such as teachers, cannot be integrated into the model, although he noted that while “many people cannot benefit from it,” that should not mean other workers “should not have the opportunity to do so.”

In any case, a Labour Party executive spokesman rejected the idea that this type of working week would become mandatory for companies in the country.

“We do not plan to impose a four-day work week on either employers or employees.