Assembly debates a four-day week pilot across public services
The proposal would cover roughly 40,000 staff for eighteen months, with no reduction in pay. Opponents question how frontline cover would be maintained.
By CS News Staff · · 1 min read
The pilot, if approved, would shift roughly 40,000 public sector staff to a four-day week over eighteen months without reducing pay, funded from a contingency line already set aside for public-sector modernisation.
Supporters point to comparable trials elsewhere that reported lower sick leave and steady output. Opponents on the assembly's finance committee say frontline services — particularly scheduling for emergency response — were undercounted in the proposal's staffing model.
A vote is expected once the committee reports back with revised coverage figures.