Four day week to be permanent in South Cambrishire Council

Mary Issimdar and Mausumi Bakshi

BBC News, Cambrishire

The Council has tested a four -day week since January 2023 and is believed to be successful.

A council has voted for the employees permanently adopt a four -day week permanently for employees at full salary after votes by councilors.

Employees of South Cambrishire District Council headed by Liberal Democrats are trialing 100% of their work in about 80% Since January 2023, without losing salary.

In a meeting of the full council, 26 councilors voted in favor of nine opposing the policy.

The South Cambrishire shares some services with the Cambridge City Council – waste collection and plan – and the city authority expects to agree to practice working in a meeting on July 24.

Conservative Heather Williams has been important for plans

Emma Hogego/BBC Heather Williams smile on camera. She wears a white top with a naval flower pattern on it and sunglasses on her head. She sits on a blue office chair next to a beige table. — Conservative Heather Williams has been important for plans

South Cambrishire is considered the first council to introduce patterns working in the UK.

Authority said Independent report Universities in Salaford, Bradford and Cambridge highlighted how 21 out of 24 services in the council had improved or the same had been the same since the beginning of the four -day week in 2023.

The authority said that the report also revealed that the number of job applicants had increased by more than 120% and the cost of agency employees was running an annual savings of £ 399,263.

But the conservative group called for a greater investigation of both the test and the report.

Conservative Councilor Heather Williams accused the first council’s leadership of trying to avoid investigating, and said a survey of a residents had “shown that they had seen a decrease in satisfaction in the board”.

The council’s labor group supported the test.

Lib Dame Leader Bridget Smith told the councilors that they were taking an important decision

Bridget Smith smiles on camera. She wears a red jacket and a black top with a red, blue and purple pattern on it. It has a green umbrella and many vegetable boxes. — Lib Dame Leader Bridget Smith told the councilors that they were taking an important decision

Speaking to Purna Council, Liberal Democrat leader Bridget Smith said that the lawsuit was successful due to the business and better recruitment of the less employees, saying that “the wandering door has been closed”.

The leader had said that there was a problem for the authority to compete with high private sector salary in the fields of high employment and housing costs.

Conservative Tom Begot pushed back the idea that the recruitment struggles were to be done with work and said it was due to being expensive to live in the region.

“If you try and call the council on Monday or Friday, it is incredibly difficult to catch anyone,” said Mr. Begot.

Ms. Smith told the council meeting: “This is the most important decision that this council has made in its 50 years of history.”