Acrylic fiber producer Aksa Akrilik is to change to a four-day-a-week working system as of Jan. 1, changing into the primary firm in Türkiye to implement such an utility.
The utility, which might be piloted till March 31, 2023, is geared toward rising productiveness and worker satisfaction.
It will apply to roughly 200 staff who don’t obtain time beyond regulation funds out of its 1,450 worker workforce.
Aksa Akrilik Board Member and General Manager Cengiz Taş identified that completely different working practices have began to be researched and carried out in nearly all sectors with the impact of the pandemic and technological developments in recent times, and that they “will set an example for the business world” by attempting this working system.
“We will announce the results after our implementation,” he mentioned.
“We will measure the performance of our employees within the scope of the application according to business results and targets,” he added.
Taş mentioned his firm “has an employee structure with a high sense of belonging and is accustomed to a work-oriented performance system for years.”
“Therefore, with its deep-rooted 50-year history, it is one of the companies that will implement this application in the best way,” the official mentioned.
Taş additional famous that their staff, who work time beyond regulation through the durations required by their jobs and don’t obtain time beyond regulation wages, will be capable of work 4 days per week so long as they fulfill their duties and obligations fully and absolutely understand their objectives.
“We believe the pilot implementation will contribute by increasing the quality of our business results. In addition, our system of working from home two days a week will continue,” he mentioned.
The variety of corporations which have began functions to cut back working time, which is 5 days per week, is rising worldwide. So far, four-day-a-week practices are being examined by some corporations within the United Kingdom, Belgium, the United States, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. Research reveals that the four-day system not solely improves productiveness and well-being but additionally considerably reduces firm vitality prices.
