Hello. We are a small nonprofit organization considering reducing our work week from five to four days to show support for our staff and allow them to rest and rejuvenate.
We are working through how we might restructure our current leave plan to account for the additional time off. Does anyone have an example policy they would be willing to share that details your leave (PTO/Wellness/Holidays etc.) with a reduced work week?
Thank you for any advice!
At my current and previous org, I’ve worked a 4 day week as a modified schedule, while most or all others worked a standard 5 day week. I was paid 80% of the salary for my position and granted 80% of the PTO package. For holidays, I received a paid day for office closures that fell within my Monday-Thursday schedule, and “lost” the holidays that fell on Fridays.
It sounds like you’re planning to keep everyone’s salaries at 100% on this new schedule. I think it’s reasonable to cut PTO by 80% and skip holidays that fall outside the new working days.
As an aside, I LOVE my 4 day week schedule and am psyched that you’re adopting it! Would love to hear how it goes.
That’s helpful, thanks so much Gwen.
If we do adopt a reduced schedule, I will let you know how it goes.
Hi Gwen - as an update, we’ve approved a 4DWW Trial policy this year. It starts next week so I don’t have any feedback on how its working just yet - we plan to conduct at least two surveys during the trial period; I’ve uploaded the trial policy to the policy section here.
Congrats on the pilot launch and thank you so much for sharing the policy! Good luck with the pilot!!