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Jersey minister to consider four
S.Hernandez34 min ago
Jersey's health minister says a four-day working week is something he will look at "in principle". Deputy Tom Binet was responding to a question from the head of the health scrutiny panel Deputy Louise Doublet. In a scrutiny meeting, she asked the minister whether he would consider trialling a four-day working week for public sector staff to give people more time to lead healthier lives. Mr Binet said: "If it can be done without damaging the economy, fine." "What you wouldn't want to do is to implement that, everybody's feeling fine, but your tax revenue goes down by 20%," he said. Mr Binet said he would personally be "delighted" with a four-day working week. He said he would not dismiss the idea without looking at it and invited Ms Doublet to discuss it more off-the-record. Four-day working weeks can mean condensed hours, or reduced hours. Ms Doublet said both options should be explored in Jersey. She suggested a "hybrid model" for the government, where those "who can't reduce their working hours still benefit". She said: "Research shows that employees often value an offer of more time over more money, so it might be that in some departments workers could choose to move to a model of reduced working hours and not take a pay rise. "This would free up public funds to give a decent salary increase to roles such as nursing where it isn't as simple to reduce working hours." Ms Doublet said the government should aim to trial the four-day week as soon as possible.
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