backed the idea and have called for Nicola Sturgeon to introduce a national subsidy for companies which switch to a 32-hour working week with no loss of pay.
They point to a pilot scheme in Spain where similar proposals have been backed by 50 million euro of government funding. A motion passed at the SNP conference in November said an independent Scotland should consider a four-day working week as part of a wider review of working practices.
Advice Direct Scotland - which offers free advice to anyone regardless of personal circumstance - is now calling on political parties to back the idea ahead of May's Holyrood election.Andrew Bartlett, chief executive of Advice Direct Scotland, said: “The four-day week has been shown to work in the.
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