A post has been doing rounds on social media with a claiming that Finland is introducing a 4-day work week and a 6-hour workday plan.
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post and found it to be fake.
While scanning through the official website and social media accounts of the Finnish Government for the announcement, we found their official tweet, dated Jan 7, 2020, denying the viral claim.
” In the Finnish Government´s program, there is no mention about a 4-day week. The issue is not on the Finnish Government’s agenda. PM @marinsanna envisioned idea briefly in a panel discussion last August while she was the Minister of Transport, and there hasn’t been any recent activity, ” the official statement read.
In the Finnish Government´s program there is no mention about 4-day week. Issue is not on the Finnish Government’s agenda. PM @marinsanna envisioned idea briefly in a panel discussion last August while she was the Minister of Transport, and there hasn’t been any recent activity.
— Finnish Government (@FinGovernment) January 7, 2020
In reality, the idea was envisioned by 34-year-old Marin and she shared it when she attended a panel discussion at the Social Democratic Party’s 120-year anniversary in the city of Turku in August 2019.
“Efforts must continue to be made to improve labor productivity and the benefits to the average person. Shorter working hours can and should be discussed. A 4-day week or a 6-hour day with a decent wage maybe a utopia today, but maybe true in the future, ” her tweet from August 2019 read.
Vastakin on pyrittävä työn tuottavuuden parantamiseen ja, että hyötyjä on tavallinen ihminen. Työajan lyhentämisestä voi ja pitää keskustella. 4 päivän työviikko tai 6 tunnin työpäivä elämiseen riittävällä palkalla on tänään ehkä utopiaa, mutta voi olla tulevaisuudessa totta.
— Sanna Marin (@MarinSanna) August 19, 2019
The above information proves that the viral post is false and no such plan has been introduced in Finland.
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