A pilot program will see employees at the Town of Riverview working a four day work week.
The program will run June 6th to September 6th.
“Teams will be working the same number of hours, simply restructured to accommodate the extra day off,” said Tyla Finlay, Director of Human Resources for the Town of Riverview. “Our workforce is split into groups to ensure that hours are consistent and services remain accessible to the public as expected. Many of our offices will now open earlier and close later than usual to continue to serve residents conducting municipal business.”
A recent study by Henley Business School found 78 per cent of staff were happier with a four day work week, 70 per cent were less stressed and 62 per cent took fewer days off for illness.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has made us look at many things differently, how we work being a big one,” explained CAO, Colin Smith. “An operational change that allows us to potentially increase the engagement and wellbeing of employees without impacting services to residents is easy to support. Pilot programs allow us to test this out to see if it works for our team, as it has for others, before making any definitive changes.”
