> Asked about jobs such as teachers, who would not be able to do a four-day week using compressed hours, Smith said: “Well, no, and nor can lots of other people, but that doesn’t mean that those people that can do it shouldn’t have the ability to do it.”<p>Ditto retail and restaurant workers, lorry drivers, nurses, and millions more whose essential work already earns them "lessor" treatment than those in cushy office jobs.<p>(And, under UK law, "gig workers" don't even count as humans...er, I mean as workers, for their sort to matter to anyone.)