“Of course, this is not something that will be decided in the coming years. You can remember the 6-day. This is the end of the 60s, ”quoted the Minister of Finance.
As Topilin noted, it is necessary that household incomes increase.
According to him, some companies can afford to switch to a shorter work week.
“In some sectors where remote work is possible, you can save on time when you get to the office. It is necessary to look in each case for workers, trade unions, and employers to agree on a more convenient and efficient schedule, but to understand what the effect is so that people do not lose income, ”he said.
The head of the Ministry of Labor emphasized that even if robots begin to take on more of the work that people do, it’s unlikely that "robots will give us the opportunity to do nothing at all."
“History is not fast ... there are no such precedents for the country to switch to 4 days ... This is a certain prospect. A reduced number of working hours, not a 40-hour week, somewhere around 35-36 hours, in the future we can say. 4-day is such an abstraction, ”he concluded.
Earlier, Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maxim Oreshkin, speaking about the prospects for the transition to a four-day working week, noted that this would be possible with an increase in incomes.
As noted by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the transition to a short week is possible, but not “right now”.
In mid-August, the Ministry of Labor, commenting on the proposal for a four-day work week, noted that the idea was to be discussed with the participation of trade unions and employers.