Supermarket chain Morrisons has scrapped its four-day working week following complaints from office staff forced to work at the weekend.
The initiative implemented by Morrisons reduced staff weekly hours at its office in Bradford, West Yorkshire from 40 to 37.5 hours in 2021.
This meant staff would work nine hours over four days instead of eight hours over five days, while also working one six-hour Saturday a month, according to The Grocer.
New proposals will see its 2,000 colleagues move to a four-and-a-half-day working week, which will come into effect in February.
Employees will still work 37.5 hours a week, but working Saturdays is not compulsory.
Saturday working had been introduced so that head office could help support the company’s 497 stores nationwide.
Morrisons was one of the first supermarkets to bring in a four-day working week, with Sainsbury’s following suit with a trial last February.
Staff at Sainsbury’s head offices in Holborn, Coventry and Milton Keynes, as well as store managers across its 1,400 UK stores took part.
Asda is currently trialling a four-day work week for retail managers in a bid to quiet a revolt among store managers.
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