GOING PUBLIC: ICELAND’S JOURNEY TO A SHORTER WORKING WEEK

Written By Charlotte Lockhart - Founder

Authors: Guðmundur D. Haraldsson Jack Kellam

Another great report from the team at Autonomy.

In 2015 and 2017, in response to campaigning by trade unions and civil society organisations, two major trials of a shorter working week were initiated by Reykjavík City Council and the Icelandic national government. These eventually involved over 2,500 workers — more than 1% of Iceland’s entire working population — many of which moved from a 40-hour to a 35- or 36-hour working week.

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Charlotte Lockhart - Founder

Founder and Managing Director 4 Day Week Global

Charlotte Lockhart is a business advocate, investor and philanthropist with more than 25 years’ experience in multiple industries locally and overseas.

As founder and managing director for the 4 Day Week Global campaign she works promoting internationally the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace. Through this, she is on the board of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University and the advisory boards of the US campaign and the Ireland campaign for the 4 Day Week.

Since a diagnosis with Stage 4 breast cancer, Charlotte has become very focused on changing the way we work today to a better, more inclusive experience for everyone.

https://www.4dayweek.com/charlotte-lockhart
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