Survey: S’pore workers worried four-day week will mean longer hours for them


Firms in Singapore had rolled out flexible work arrangements, including a shorter work week, amid the pandemic. — Coffee work photo created by Racool_studio - www.freepik.com

SINGAPORE: Full-time employees in Singapore are worried that a four-day work week will mean longer hours for them, an online survey of over 1,000 workers showed.

But they will support their employer implementing such an arrangement as an additional rest day would benefit their mental health, according to results of a poll by American software company Qualtrics released on Tuesday (June 21).

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