working week

British

/ ˈwɜːkˌwiːk /

noun

the number of hours or days in a week actually or officially allocated to work

a four-day working week

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Her proposals included changes to the working week, which could mean individual teachers would be in the classroom four days a week with the fifth spent on other professional activities.

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Tens of thousands of people in Sussex and Kent are starting the working week without water following a weekend of disruption, with the council in Kent declaring a major incident.

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The timing of the disruption has raised fears that travellers will not be able to get home before the start of the working week.

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Reed previously expressed his "deep disappointment" in the first UK council to adopt a four-day working week.

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Last year Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also rejected civil servants' demands for a four-day working week.

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