Reduction of hours of work

Reduction of hours of work may refer to:

  • Six-hour day, proposed as an alternative to a four-day week
  • Eight-hour day movement, a former social movement to regulate the length of a working day. The eight-hour day was first introduced by law in Spain in 1919 and later the same year ratified by 52 countries at the Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919.{{Cite web|url= https://www.abc.es/historia/abci-jornada-ocho-horas-invento-sindicalista-felipe-201905080106_noticia.html |title= La jornada de ocho horas: ¿un invento "sindicalista" del Rey Felipe II? |trans-title= The eight-hour day: a "unionist" invention of King Philip II? |last= Cervera |first= César |website= www.abc.es |publisher= ABC |date= 8 May 2019 |access-date= 22 October 2020 |language=es}}
  • Three-Day Week, introduced from 1973 to 1974 in the United Kingdom to conserve electricity
  • Four-day week, a policy to reduce the working week to four days rather than the more customary five
  • 35-hour workweek, a labour reform policy adopted in France in 2000
  • Working time § Gradual decrease in working hours
  • Work–life balance

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