Finishing early on Friday is good for staff but how does it work?

It’s a warm Friday in the middle of June and the clock has just struck 12. A group message arrives, the contents predictable: drinks somewhere outdoors, somewhere in the sun and somewhere far from the office.

The group settle on a place and a start time of 3pm is agreed. I, meanwhile, am left wondering — does anybody actually work on Fridays any more? The answer, it seems, is increasingly no.

The number of people clocking off at lunchtime every Friday is growing each summer as managers compete for talent and battle to keep employees happy.

Joe Ryle, the director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, said British companies were increasingly offering summer hours in an effort to raise morale. He said: “Pressure for a

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