A Social Policy Case for a Four-Day Week

Abstract There has been an explosion of interest in the “four-day-week” movement across globe, especially due to its potential addressing many societal challenges left by COVID-19 pandemic. Four-day-week is a set shorten working hours full-time workers without reduction pay. I aim out case for national move towards four-day-week explaining why social policy scholars should lead debate. First, provide evidence costs that current long-hours work culture on workers’ and their family’s well-being welfare, inequality, cohesion. Shorter can help tackle these issues giving right time, shifting balance between non-work activities our lives valuing them both. Social need this debate owing existing knowledge expertise dealing with state-level interventions. In addition, pressing fundamental changes labour market, we cannot adequately address some key face as society. The paper ends research questions part move.