Valencia has launched today the pilot experience to analyze the impact of the four-day work week on the lives of citizens. Municipal sources explain that the objective is “to prepare a study for a month and use the conclusions to make a report of European and international scope that evaluates the impact of its application and the consequences in terms of leisure, mobilitythe economy and the health of people”.
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The test will take place over the next four weeks by taking advantage of four holiday Mondays between April 10 and May 7. The purpose of this initiative, for which data is expected to be published in July, obeys according to the mayor Joan Ribó, that they are looking for “a friendly, healthy city that takes care of people. We want people to work to live, not to live to work”, he qualifies.
With this initiative, Valencia joins other similar experiences carried out in Lithuania, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, Iceland, Portugal or Japan. The City Council has launched a citizen campaign, in different media and with the motto “Work differently. Live better. Valencia puts it to the test», to raise awareness among residents about this issue. For his part, the Councilor for Innovation Carlos Galiana has indicated that for the evaluation that they will carry out from Las Naves, through random interviews, “it is essential to know what the citizens’ assessments are, how the four-day journey impacts their lives, if they have more time to reconcile, more time to practice sports, for leisure, to disconnect or if they use the car more or less ».