The idea of a four-day work week is not buried. This was stated by Andrei Isaev, deputy chairman of the United Russia faction in the State Duma, RIA Novosti reports.
The transition to it while maintaining or increasing wages is the main path, but today other tasks to protect the interests of workers come to the fore, he noted.
They started talking about the transition to a four-day period again, despite the fact that in October last year the State Duma criticized this idea. Mikhail Terentyev, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, considered that this could cause difficulties in remuneration.
At the same time, almost half of Russians (48 percent) approve of the introduction of a four-day working week in the country and are ready to work a day less. 33 percent of Russians were against, and every fifth (19 percent) fears that they will not be able to cope with the usual volume of work if they work four days instead of five.
For the first time, Dmitry Medvedev, who was then Prime Minister of Russia, raised the issue of a four-day stay. In the summer of 2019, he pointed out that the transition should be accompanied by an increase in labor productivity while maintaining salaries.