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the essentials During his general policy speech on January 30, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal asked his ministers to experiment with the “four-day week” in their administrations. Explanations.
Gabriel Attal announced on Tuesday the implementation “not of the 4-day week, but the week in 4 days“. “Our relationship to work is our relationship to time,” argued the new Prime Minister. He also affirmed that “working conditions must also evolve” and that the State must “set an example” .
“As Prime Minister I ask all of my ministers to experiment with this solution in their central and decentralized administrations,” declared Gabriel Attal during his general policy speech. If the nuance seems subtle, the modalities are completely different.
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Same working time
Unlike the four-day week, the objective of which is to reduce working hours, with this measure there is no question of the employee reducing the number of regulatory hours. So, instead of working 7 hours a day from Monday to Friday, a 35-hour week over 4 days requires working 8 hours 45 minutes over 4 days. The salary does not change, since the number of hours worked remains the same.
The difference, however, lies in the establishment of a extra day of restto be determined in agreement with the employer so that the company can maintain its usual rhythm.
A measure appreciated differently
This system has already been tested in public administration. At the Urssaf of Picardy, it ended in failure explains, the Picard mail. Of the 284 employees on permanent contracts (70% of whom are women), only three agents accepted this change. The new schedule, considered too long by parents, no longer allows them to drop off and pick up children from school.
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The Prime Minister recognizes this: “In some places there were few candidates, in others many chose to arrive earlier in the morning and leave later in the evening to work one day less.”
For those who do not have, or no longer have, children, this system can become an asset because it allows greater flexibility for the employee. According to a Huffpost survey published in May 2023, 53% of French people would be “favorable to this new model even if they work the same number of hours over the week.”
It remains to be seen whether administrative employees will be convinced this time to change pace.
