Once considered little more than a thought experiment, the condensed schedule is quietly gaining momentum, with many business leaders now viewing it as an inevitability
“We know it’s not going to be a one size fits-all,” said David King, the senior managing director of human resources consulting firm Robert Half Canada. “For some organizations it could mean reduced hours of work, but I’m sure a lot of organizations would see it as the same output, 40-hours of a workweek, but condensed into four days instead of five.”
“It gives you a sense of just how important this is for the workforce,” Mr. King said. He adds that, like remote work, the four-day workweek isn’t a new concept, but is similarly one that many employers are taking more seriously in the wake of the pandemic and the Great Resignation that followed. At present only a limited number of Canadian organizations have experimented with a condensed schedule, but advocates say momentum is building owing to a labour market that remains historically competitive. The country’swas 5 per cent in December, just a hair above the record low of 4.9 per cent recorded last June and July.
“This has gone from something that was extremely niche and very much in the philosophical, conceptual conversation to something that has become a practical reality for a relatively small number in percentage terms but a much more substantial number of firms – with a significant cross-industry spread – and I think you’ll see the same kind of multiplication in 2023.”
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