In Copenhagen, 14 workplaces are participating in an experiment to implement a four-day work week. The manager of Radisevej dormitory, which provides mental health services, believes that this new work schedule is here to stay. Employees will work four one-day shifts followed by three days off, totaling 37 working hours a week, but with longer days than before.
The Danish parliament approved the experiment on flexible working weeks in 2023, proposed by the Alternativet party Christian Jakobsen. The trial, running until the end of the year, began on April 1 in workplaces across Copenhagen. After the trial, workplaces will evaluate whether to permanently adopt the four-day work week.
This is not the first experiment of its kind in Denmark, with previous trials in municipalities like Esbjerg, Vejen, and Odsherred. Labor market researcher Janne Gleerup mentioned that similar experiments have been conducted in the business world for some time, but now public sector workplaces are also embracing this change.
Among the participating workplaces in Copenhagen is the Radisevej dormitory, where the shift in work hours required reorganization but has been well received by employees. Jonas Ammitzbøll, the director of Radisevej’s unit
