A Tunbridge Wells recruitment agency is to trial a four-day week for its staff, without loss of salary, in a move that will give full-timers an extra 43 days’ holiday a year.
Last Thursday [May 19], staff of TN Recruits were invited to a celebratory lunch decorated with ‘4’ balloons, to learn that they would get an extra day off a week from June 6.
It comes after one of the busiest years for the recruitment agency as the businesses in the area bounces back from the pandemic and are trying to fill record numbers of job vacancies.
In the six-month trial run, TN Recruits staff will add 30 minutes to each working day, and get one day off a week, meaning full-timers reduce hours from 37 to 32 – but staff will retain the same pay.
“The idea of it is that they get the same salary,” stressed agency director Neil Simmons. “It is important to us to ensure that our staff are happy. They will be able to enjoy their day off and do their hobbies, do their DIY, do their fitness, their life admin – whatever it is. They will be happier overall.”
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