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A report by the Welsh Labour government has decreed that four-day work weeks might be racist as they 'discriminate' against ethnic minority groups working in front-line public sector roles.
A trial, which will start after a consultation that took a year, in Wales will see the working hours of some public sector staff cut by one-fifth with no reduction in salary.
Artificial intelligence (AI) could lower workloads for staff and mean they are less likely to suffer from burnout - but the four-day work week that results could exacerbate 'existing inequalities' between office-based and front-line workers.
The reduced week could indirectly discriminate against ethnic minority groups that work in parts of the public sector which operate 24/7, but white-collar workers could benefit more.
The kinds of workers who would be hit negatively by the four-day work week are not listed in the report.
A report by the Welsh Labour government has decreed that four-day work weeks might be racist as they 'discriminate' against ethnic minority groups working in front-line public sector roles
A trial, which will start after a consultation that took a year, in Wales will see the working hours of some public sector staff cut by one-fifth with no reduction in salary
