Sports car manufacturer Lamborghini is the first car manufacturer in Europe to introduce a shortened working week. In the future, people will work alternately five or four days a week, saving a total of 22 working days per year.
The working hours reduction includes an alternating five-day and four-day working week for employees who work in two shifts (morning and afternoon) and in the middle shift. This is evident from the agreement between the company based in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, and the trade unions.
500 new employees, performance bonus increased
The agreement ushers in the era of the four-day work week for metalworkers. The new contract covers 2,100 Italian employees and provides for 500 new employees. The agreement, which also includes an increase in the performance bonus, was signed after a year of negotiations and is now subject to a referendum among employees.
More salary despite shorter working hours
“This is a historic agreement because for the first time in the European car industry, a significant reduction in working hours will be achieved, which will not be accompanied by a pay cut, but rather a wage increase. “Work less and work better, that is the principle that guided these negotiations,” the unions wrote in a press release.
Four-day week also at eyewear manufacturers
The Italian-French company EssilorLuxottica, the world’s largest eyewear manufacturer, is also testing the four-day week model. Twenty weeks a year, the employees of the eyewear manufacturer in Italy work four days and have Friday to Sunday off. All remaining weeks will have five working days, according to an agreement signed by the unions as part of the company’s new contract.
About 20,000 Italian workers are participating in the test phase. Wages and working hours remain the same. In some departments the experiment is started and monitored on a voluntary basis. EssilorLuxottica is the first Italian factory to test the four-day week.
Source: Krone
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