Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua
4-day Working Week
Changes at Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua and Te Kura Whare
Te Uru Taumatua
Te Kura Whare
What does this mean?
Shared use of space Te Kura Whare is still available to the community for events, conferences and hui. Contact the tari to book facilities in Te Kura Whare (07) 312 9569 tari@ngaituhoe.iwi.nz
What is the 4-day working week about?
From Janurary to March 2021 a trial was undertaken at Te Uru Taumatua to test a “4-day working week”. The trial tested if we could produce clear positives in a 4-day working week by asking ourselves if can we be better and faster. The trial proved that we are better disciplined when we are given a shorter amount of time to work. It showed us that being happier and refreshed increased our ability to deliver in a way that saved Iwi resources and costs.
Why did we trial it?
• To be more disciplined by creating and testing ideas in a So that we can spend more time with our families and have more time to contribute to our marae, hapu and whārua. shorter space and time. 4 day working week trial - Why did we do it?
So that we may see increased productivity and depth in our mahi.
• To be harsh on ourselves by asking “are we just ‘attending’ or truly contributing to the 37.5 hours we are at mahi, and We learned that it takes time and effort to undo our conditioning from a 5-day work week to a 4-day work week. can we achieve the same delivery with less time?”. What did we learn?
We learned that we needed to be mentally fitter because of the longer days.
• Covid showed us how disciplined we can be when our home and work both being We learned that we had to be life better inare tune with the season's moods cared for. Little things like kai, kids sports, marae and whare. We learned that kaimahi were happier working ahui 4-day work weekcleaning and are supportivethe of reducing their working hours to suit a 4 day We had to be mindful of our physical health - with longer days
working week (34 hours)
• Reducing paid work hours to be at home has proven that we are more focused, settled and disciplined in our mahi. • To test national and international trends we see affirming and practicing the same office approach for similar reasons. • Thought it fair, more home life, reduced working hours, thus fairly substantial saving to the Iwi.
What are the learnings?
Te Uru Taumatua, Tāneatua
4 day working week trial - Why did we do it?
So that we can spend more time with our families and have more time to contribute to our marae, hapu and whārua.
• It takes time and effort to undo conditioning from a 5-day working What did we learn? week to a 4-day working week. So that we may see increased productivity and depth in our mahi.
We learned that it takes time and effort to undo our conditioning from a 5-day work week to a 4-day work week.
• We need to be mentally fitter because of the longer days. We had to be mindful of our physical health - with longer days
We learned that we needed to be mentally fitter because of the longer days.
• Kaimahi are not fully engaged for We learned that kaimahi were happier a 4-day work week and are supportive of reducing their working hours to suit a 4 day 37.5 hours perworking week. We learned that we had to be better in tune with the season's moods working week (34 hours)
• Kaimahi were happy to sacrfice pay for home life. • We are more disciplined working a 4-day work week. • Less work hours means less pay, therefore, saving Iwi resource and money.
Rūātoki and Waimana Bush Crews “He rawe te 4 rā mō nā hōiho” • The Waimana and Rūātoki bush crews took part in the trial. • The Rūātoki bush crew said “the 4-day working week is good, as it gives the horses more time to recover and the team more time to be with their families”. • They will continue to work 37.5 hours but now over 4 days, Monday – Thursday. • Manawaru Tribal are developing a bush crew in their mārua.
Waikaremoana Operations & Te Tii, Ruataahuna • Currently, the 4-day working week doesn’t apply to the Waikaremoana operations and Te Tii, Ruataahuna teams. • A separate trial for these teams will run to determine their viability. The learnings form the Te Uru Taumatua, Tāneatua trial will be used to approach this.
What is the Iwi saving?
4 day working week trial - Why did we do it?
• There is less user impact • Less use of toilet and on Kuraproductivity Whareand depth in our mahi. pressure on wastewater So that we mayTe see increased Plus more plant What didinfrastructure. we learn? energy resource We learned that it takes and time andwater effort to undo our conditioning from a 5-day work week to a 4-day work week. • Power reduction - less use is being stored. We learned that we needed to be mentally fitter because of the longer days. of office equipment We had to be mindful of our physical health - with longer days • The change in working days We learned that we had to be better in tune with the season's moods • Less general wear and tear, and hours totals $79,688, equipment, assets, fixtures We learned that kaimahi were happier working a 4-day work week and are supportive of reducing their working hours to suit a 4 day which is respective of all working week (34 hours) means a longer life of Iwi employee entitlements. resources. • Fuel costs, and less damage • Health & Safety - less to Environmental potential for any health • Rubbish –20% less rubbish and safety incidents. So that we can spend more time with our families and have more time to contribute to our marae, hapu and whārua.
Who else is doing it?
4 day working week trial - Why did we do it?
Sweden
NZ Unilever
Danish Government So that we can spend more time with our families and have more time to contribute to our marae, hapu and whārua. Agency From 2017-2019 Started a year-long trial So that we may seework increased productivity and depth in in our mahi. a 6-hour day December
2020. In a two year trial ending was trialed Some of their measures in 2022, satisfaction was What did we learn? in one of the country’s largest of success are; to bring found where staff felt We learned that it takes time and effort to undo our conditioning from a 5-day work week to a 4-day work week. workforce; aged care. a material change in the they had gained more We learned that we needed to be mentally fitter because of the longerwork days. and to way staff trust on how they spent Spain Government respond to employees’ their time. We had to be mindful of our physical health - with longer days growing sense of In 2021, this We learned that we had to be better in tune with the season's moods burnout. Government is trialing We learned that kaimahi happier working a 4-day work week and are supportive of reducing their working hours to suit a 4 day the first pilot were of it’s kind; working week (34 hours) Microsoft Japan
a financial subsidy for those companies who operate a 4-day working week.
In 2019, found as a result of less office hours reduced electricity costs and lowered resource costs whilst increasing productivity