Compressed work week
A work arrangement compressing scheduled hours into fewer days.
Plain English
Working your normal hours over fewer days, so you get a day off on a cycle.
If you’re new here
It's an arrangement to be agreed rather than an entitlement, and it interacts with leave and overtime in ways worth understanding first.
What they probably mean
“Same hours, fewer days.”
Interpretation offered as humour, not authoritative guidance.
Bureaucracy level
How much government-speak this phrase carries. Playful indicator, not a judgement of anyone using it.
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