South Africa’s Four-Day Work Week Trial Shows Most Don’t Take Fridays Off
- Few took Fridays off, opting for more variation within week
- Rolling nationwide power cuts already affect productivity
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South Africa’s first four-day work week trial shows some differences from other countries that have tried the switch — less than one in four employees took Fridays off.
Among the 28 companies that started the six-month study in March, most were more flexible than global peers in allowing their workers to choose the day or times that best suited their needs, according to the research by 4 Day Week Global. In other countries, many chose Fridays not to work.