In June, the world's biggest trial of a four-day work week kicked off in the UK. More than 3, 300 workers, based throughout the UK and(represent) more than 30 sectors of the UK economy, began receiving 100% of the pay for 80% of the time. Similar programs(choose) as a solution to the low-productivity in the workplace by several countries up to now, including the United Arab Emirates, Belgium, etc.
The campaign is aimed at enhancing employees' willingness(adjust) the work-life balance and stimulating higher work(efficient). For many workers, Mondays —or, more typically, Fridays —are transformed into something other thanregular workday. It may be as simple as making it a day of no meetings, which allows employees to catch up on projects they haven't finished, or as (extend) as a company wide move to a 32-hour week. For some companies, the four-day work week is a new recruiting tool that sides with a younger generation laying great emphasiswork-life balance. Besides， the ongoing pandemic (流行病) (speed) up the four-day trend currently.
carried out in some sectors, this work mode is by no means the mainstream, with potential negative effects. When Japan cut down working hours from 48 to 40 per week in the late 1980s and 1990s, their hardworking residents(remarkable)watched more TV and spent more time on personal grooming (仪容).
