Café Scientifique: Is a 4 day week good for you & your business?

• DOORS: 7.15pm
• SPEAKER: 8.00pm

In a 4 day working week, full-time employees reduce their time at work to 4 days with no loss of salary. Media reports have suggested this can enhance both staff wellbeing, and performance at work. But what really happens behind closed doors and beyond the media headlines? We’ve been studying employers in Sussex and around the UK who made the switch, to find out the impacts that it had on their staff, and on the business. From mental health to productivity, and sleep to brain function, we’ve been assessing how a 4 day working week transforms life at work and beyond. We’ll share our latest findings from our Sussex 4 Day Week trial. We’ll also explore how staff manage to get more done in less time, by using psychological tips and tricks to increase efficiency at work.

Dr Charlotte Rae is an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Sussex. Her research explores the biology of wellbeing and work, and particularly the interaction of our working hours with mental and physical health. She founded the Sussex 4 Day Week programme to study the effects of a 4 day week, and to use these research insights to help employers who want to give a shorter working week a try. Her research is funded by a £1.6million UK Research Council grant that studies how our brain health interacts with our work performance.

Doors and bar open 7:15pm

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