Overview

• Virgin Media analysis shows an 8 percent decline in Friday 3–5 pm broadband traffic during summer compared with winter months
• ASOS lets employees clock off at 3 pm on Fridays from June through August with no reduction in pay
• Kellanova’s 22nd annual Summer Hours programme allows office staff to finish at midday on Fridays and field sales teams to do the same any day until late September
• Penguin Random House and Hachette both permit 1 pm Friday departures over the summer while PwC offers condensed schedules for early finishes from mid-July to the end of August
• A Virgin Media survey finds that 20 percent of organisations without formal summer-Friday policies still see informally accepted early departures, with staff making up hours elsewhere in the week