The government says it will not force employers to introduce a four-day week but the Conservatives said businesses were concerned.
Employers will have to offer flexible working hours - including a four-day week - to all workers under government plans. To receive their full pay, employees would still have to work their full hours but compressed into a shorter working week - something some workplaces already do. Currently, employees can request flexible hours as soon as they start at a company but employers are not legally obliged to agree.
Charlie Thompson, employment partner at law firm Stewarts, told Sky News: 'Employees in the UK already have the right to request flexible working, which includes requesting a four day week, so it's not yet clear what this 'new' law will entail. 'One possibility is for the government to make it more difficult for employers to refuse such requests, because at present it is quite easy for them to do so.
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