Four-day weeks work — for some. Let us be honest about who

The trials are promising, but carers, shift workers and small firms need a different deal.

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The latest four-day-week trials report happier staff and steady output. I believe the results.

But most participants worked in offices. Nurses, bus drivers and shop staff cannot compress five days of shifts into four without someone else covering the fifth.

A shorter week is a good goal. Getting there fairly means designing for the jobs that cannot be done from a laptop.

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