Iceland, Belgium and Spain have already shown that a four-day workweek can really work

The four-day workweek is becoming a trend in Europe. Companies in Iceland, Belgium, Switzerland, and Germany are offering it to their employees, for example. It has many advantages. In the Czech Republic, however, this option remains more like something out of science fiction. What are the chances that this will change?

He pointed out that it will not cover production, trade and many other sectors of the market where continuity of work is needed.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo believes that Spanish workers would have to be able to negotiate with their employers, if circumstances permit, to do a four-day work week. The idea, also raised in recent weeks by Labourman Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has been launched by the PP leader in an interview in Telecinco.

What is it, how does it work and what workers can ask for the four-day paid leave because of force majeure? This right seeks to facilitate conciliation.