Should Ireland transition to a four-day workweek?
Countries including Ireland, Scotland, Japan, and Sweden are experimenting with a four-day workweek, which requires employers to provide overtime pay to employees working more than 32 hours per week.
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Response rates from 4.4k Ireland voters.
72% Yes |
28% No |
67% Yes |
28% No |
5% Yes, and require overtime pay for work over four days per week |
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Unique answers from Ireland voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9GWBW5C1yr1Y
It should be up to a company to decide, and employees can then choose themselves where they want to work
@9ZW2B5C1mo1MO
Pay needs to be increased if this happens as people budget for working 5 days and the school system will have to be looked at as students need 5 days in school
@9ZVND541mo1MO
Yes but it should be up to the company to determine the suitability of the 4 day working week to their business requirements
@9ZT3FBC1mo1MO
Yes, but within reason regarding the sectors/type of work. For some it is just not viable, and therefore unfair on the employee to earn the same amount in a 5 day week, as someone working a 4 day week. But is also unfair on the 4 day worker to have reduced pay if completing the same amount of work as they would in a 5 day week. Also unfair on the employer to have to pay overtime for the person working a 5 day week, when this is typical for the type of work/business.
Needs to be carefully discussed and implemented in a way where satisfies all involved.
@9ZNNKGS1mo1MO
Yes but not for teachers in schools to enable maximum learning for children. However, teachers should overtime should be paid for the fifth day of school for teachers.
@9YMS3KS2mos2MO
Depends on the job. Teachers students lecturers snas etc. their job can unfortunately not be done in 4 days they need the time and contact hours with students
@9L2W2JQ9mos9MO
A three-day week would be more practical; it would free up people to deal with the many random issues that they would otherwise have to take time off work to deal with.
@9J8P9J611mos11MO
This would be nice but is not a pressing issue for Ireland
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