The Ministry of Labor announced the list of program participants, where every third entity is a public administration unit. According to specialists, this structure of participants does not reflect market realities, which makes it difficult to assess the impact of shortened working time on the efficiency of enterprises.
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— How can we assess whether shortening the working week is realistic for companies if most of those testing do not operate in market conditions and do not produce goods? – noted Katarzyna Kamecka from the Polish Economic Society, quoted by “Rzeczpospolita”. The expert also emphasized that financing the project from the Labor Fund, financed by entrepreneurs, raises doubts. In her opinion, it looks as if the private sector was to cover the costs of reducing the working hours of officials.
Wioletta Żukowska-Czaplicka from the Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs also expressed a critical position towards the project. The socio-economic expert drew attention to the allocation of PLN 50 million from the Labor Fund for the implementation of the pilot project. In her opinion, these funds should be used to fight unemployment, and not in programs that may not help popularize a shorter working week among private companies.
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Although the idea of a four-day working week is gaining more and more interest in various countries, the Polish pilot is met with mixed opinions. Entrepreneurs emphasize that for the program to have a chance of real implementation, it must be based on reliable data and take into account the specificity of the private market. So far, the proportions of participants raise doubts about the possibility of obtaining reliable results.
