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Councils pursuing a four-day working week are not providing value for taxpayers and should "cease immediately", the government has said.
The first local authority to trial the pattern was South Cambridgeshire District Council, which said it helped to improve recruitment and retention. But the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said the scheme should not be adopted elsewhere. The Cambridgeshire council said its offices remained "open 5 days a week". The Liberal Democrat-run local authority started a three-month trial in January for the 450 desk-based staff at its office in Cambourne. This pilot involved them working a 30-hour week over four days before it was expanded to include waste crews in July. Leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council, Bridget Smith, said the initial trial "saw performance generally maintained, and in some cases improved - with not a single area falling to a concerning level". She said "strong evidence" suggested the new work pattern helped "fill hard to recruit posts", saving money by avoiding paying high numbers of agency staff. "Since January, our sickness rates have fallen by a third, staff turnover has reduced by 36%, and complaints about services are down," she added. The council announced in September it would extend the trial until March 2024, despite ministers previously ordering officials to end it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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