Question reference: S6W-24741
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 22 January 2024
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Neil Gray on 23 January 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the latest position is of the four-day working week public sector pilot, as outlined in its Programme for Government.
Answer
The Scottish Government can confirm today work has commenced on the 4 Day Working Week Public Sector Pilot to assess the wellbeing, environmental and productivity benefits a 4 Day Working Week could bring.
We have appointed Autonomy as our expert partner to support the pilot. The team involved in this project have previous 4 Day Working Week pilot experience including from the Valencian Government pilot, and the Icelandic public sector pilot.
The South of Scotland Enterprise 4 Day Working Week pathfinder work is being folded into Autonomy’s methodology, and engagement will continue with other public bodies interested in participating in the 32-hour working week pilot.
Autonomy will also provide support and evaluate organisations moving to a contractual 35 hour working week. This will capture valuable insights from a wider range of public bodies on different shorter work week models and be included in the 4 Day Working Week evaluation report.