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Shorter working hours have employees less stressed and burned out, with feedback also suggesting improved mental and physical health,” states the report on the UK’s four-day week pilot.

Many companies experimenting with the 4-day week structure their systems not on a strict 4-day schedule, Hobsbawm noted, but instead on building flexible arrangements that suit individual workers ...

Work longer hours four days a week and then tack an extra day on to the weekend. The demands will pile up. Why would any ...

That's the thinking at Kickstarter, which for the past six months has been trialling a four-day work week with no loss of pay for staff. "They're happier and more refreshed after a three-day ...

The Government's proposal to permit employees to request a four-day working week has sparked an ongoing conversation in the ...

In a recent TED Talk, Boston College economist and sociologist Juliet Schor explained how a four-day work week benefits employers, employees, and society by reducing burnout and turnover while ...

A few dozen German companies have allowed their staff to work only four days a week without cutting their wages accordingly.

American companies haven’t adopted four-day weeks as broadly, but that could change. Eight percent of full-time employees ...

More employees could get the chance to do a four-day working week as Labour leaders voice support for the idea. Back in August, a month after Labour came to power, it was reported that the party ...