From next July 15, Millions of Colombian workers will see how their working hours per week will begin to decrease, since Law 2101 of 2021 will enter into force.
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According to this law, the working day will become in 2023, from 48 hours a week to 47 hours, and it will gradually decrease until reaching 42 hours in 2026, as stipulated in this law that modifies article 161 of the Substantive Labor Code.
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But Colombia is not the only country that is reducing working hours for its workers, nations like Portugal, England, Norway and Denmark They have regulated their work hours, aggravatingly reducing the load to the point of working only 4 days a week.
The reduction was approved in Law 2101 of 2021.
In fact, this labor proposal is on the table of thousands of companies around the world that are seeking the well-being of their employees, but What are the benefits of a 4-day workday?
Benefits of working four days a week
In the UK, 61 organizations took part in a study where they committed to Reduce your employees’ working hours by up to 20%and they went from working five days a week to just four for all the staff.
The study organized by 4 Day Week Global was carried out between June and December 2022. During this 6-month period, the salaries of the 2,900 company employees would not be affected and they continued to receive the same monthly salary they had before the experiment. , without any decrease.
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The research was carried out by social scientists from the University of Cambridge and he had the collaboration of several academics from Boston College in the United States and the think tank Autonomy.
And it is that the results of this study were surprising, after the social scientists were in charge of carrying out exhaustive interviews with the almost 3,000 workers who were part of the experiment.
According to the information collected, it was found that Stress levels were significantly reduced, with 39% noting that they were less stressed and 71% stating that there was less burnout, after working four days a week.
But the most striking thing about the study was that disease rates dropped considerably, there were 65% less absences due to disabilities and company resignations were reduced by 57%.
On the other hand, the experiment showed that anxiety and fatigue levels dropped, and mental and physical health improved in a large part of the staff. In addition, some companies revealed that in the test period revenue and profits benefited, as they increased between 0.1% and 1.4%.
Company in Germany implements this work model
A company dedicated to the manufacture of children’s toys in Germany began to implement the four-day work day, allowing its employees to rest on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
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I work four days a week
Remuneration is no longer the most important thing, above all it is about having free time
According to Fabián Lorenz, executive director of Spiel Bau, This decision has allowed more young people to be interested in joining the company, and he stated that salary is no longer the most important factor in hiring.
“Remuneration is no longer the most important thing, above all it is about having free time,” said the executive for the chain D.W.
One of the main strategies for the implementation was to take the working hours of the five-day week and spread it over just four. Although there are more working hours per day, the employees expressed their satisfaction for having more days off.
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