Valencia launches pilot experience to analyze today the impact of the four-day working week on the lives of citizens. Municipal sources explain that the goal is to “prepare a month-long study and use the results to come to a conclusion.” A comprehensive European and international report assessing the impact of its practice and its consequences in terms of leisure time, mobilityeconomy and health peoples”.
Testing will take place over the next 4 weeks, taking advantage of the four holiday Mondays between April 10 and May 7. According to the purpose of this initiative, whose data are expected to be published in July; mayor Joan Ribo, that they were looking for a “friendly, healthy city that takes care of people”. “We want people to work to live, not live to work,” he said.
With this initiative, Valencia Other similar experiences in Lithuania, UK, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, Iceland, Portugal or Japan. The City Council launched a citizens’ campaign with different media. slogan “Work differently. Live better. Valencia puts this to the test to raise awareness of residents about it». Member of the Innovation Council Carlos Galiana “What the citizens’ evaluations are, how the four-day journey affects their lives, if they have more time to make up, to do sports, for leisure, to disconnect, or if they use the car more or less ».