Under new government plans to encourage flexible working arrangements, employees could be given increased powers to request a four-day working week.
The plans would see greater powers given to full-time workers over their hours, and follows a raft of measures including Labor's pledges to repeal anti-union laws and restrict zero-hours contracts.
Professor André Spicer, Dean and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) explained that flexible working could have psychological benefits.
"A four-day week will have some positive outcomes. It will help to shrink people's carbon footprint because they will reduce commuting for work," he said.
"Four-day weeks also make employees more satisfied with their work. The impact on productivity is mixed, with studies suggesting employees in office jobs are able to produce as much in four days as they can in five.
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