Four day work week in NZ

This is a living document based on articles, blogs, job listings, etc for work places in New Zealand that support a four day work week.

Not all four day work weeks are the same

In New Zealand the traditional working week is 40 hours or 8 hours a day for five days. Depending on who you ask a four day work week could be:

• 32 hours with the same take home pay as 40 hours (at 100% pay)
• 32 hours if you've done your work for the week (at 100% pay)
• 32 hours but for 32 hours of pay (20% pay cut, a type of part time)
• 40 hours as four 10 hour days

This piece does not discuss pros/cons.

Workplaces

Workplace	Date	Type	Trial?	Link
Perpetual Guardian	23/07/2019	32 hours at 100% pay	Yes	The Four Day Week Is Here by Perpetual Guardian
Unilever NZ	01/12/2020	32 hours at 100% pay	Yes No	Unilever NZ to trial four-day work week at full pay by Unilever Unilever Australia & New Zealand expands four-day work week trial following encouraging results by Unilever
CONQA	05/04/2022	32 hours at 100% pay	Yes	Enjoy more time off the tools with CONQA by CONQA
Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision	27/01/2023	32 hours at 100% pay	No	Ngā Taonga staff will work a four-day week - but get paid the same by Stuff
CloudCannon	30/01/2023	32 hours at 100% pay	No	Dunedin IT company adopts four-day working week by Otago Daily Times

New Zealand specific articles

Date	Title
01/07/2021	Four-day working week plan picking up steam by RNZ
13/07/2021	NZ ‘disappointingly slow’ to take up four-day week by Newsroom
08/06/2022	Four-day work week sees increase in employee productivity by RNZ
09/06/2022	Expert says four-day working week should be new normal after COVID-19 pandemic by Newshub
14/06/2022	The four-day work week revolution - Is New Zealand being left behind? by NZ Herald
01/07/2022	More Kiwis ditch the five day, 40-hour work week as 'anti-work' sentiment spreads by Stuff
30/09/2022	Businesses trial four day working week but expert says employers should go even further by Stuff
27/09/2022	Council of Trade Unions calls for four-day work week, better employment conditions by RNZ
02/11/2022	Ditch the meetings and earn a day off work by Newsroom Unilever New Zealand has declared its four-day week trial a success, with the conglomerate rolling it out across the Tasman
02/11/2022	Four-day working week a life-changer for young mother by Stuff
08/01/2023	Tips on how to beat the back-to-work blues: ‘Make it a four-day work week’ by NZ Herald
13/01/2023	The Front Page: Four-day week pioneer Andrew Barnes on changing the way we work by NZ Herald
23/02/2023	If a four day week increases productivity and employee happiness, surely it's a win-win by NewstalkZB
17/05/2023	Organisers of four-day working week label trial a success by 1News
21/01/2024	Reduced working week a ‘no-brainer’ say Kiwi businesses. Advocate weighs in By NZ Herald (paywall)
03/03/2024	The future of work: Why we need to think beyond the hype of the four-day week by The Conversation via NZ Herald

Further Resources

• 4 Day Week

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