Japan
There is a lot of criticism for Japan’s work culture, due to which in an annual economic policy released in 2021, the government encouraged companies to adopt a four -day working week. This has been done by the government to stop ‘Karoshi’, which means ‘death by work burden’. (Pexels)
Denmark
According to an OECD report, Denmark has a working hour 33 hours per week, the second lowest in the world. Denmark also has a 4 -day working week, but there is no official rule regarding it. However, people usually work only four days every week. (Pexels)
Netherlands
According to government data, the Netherlands have average lowest working hours in the world. People here work only 29 hours a week. Although there is no official rule in the Netherlands, people work only 4 days every week. In some companies, people work more than this. (Pexels)
Britain
In 2022, Britain adopted a 4-day working week. The trial run was attended by 61 companies and more than 300 employees. Recently 200 companies here have announced to adopt a 4 -day working week. More than 5000 people are working in these companies and these companies are related to marketing to technology sector. (Pexels)
Belgium
Belgium became the first country in the European Union in 2022 to adopt a 4 -day Working Week. The thing to note here is that even though people had to work for four days a week instead of five days, the working hours were only 40 hours for them. (Pexels)
