fourdayworkweek
The clamour for European companies to embrace a four-day working week has risen since the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the 40-hour workweek in the United States is in the crosshairs after being a standard work practice for more than eight decades with members of the US Congress wanting to give hourly workers an extra day off. Senator Bernie Sanders, a one-time presidential candidate and a far-left independent from Vermont, introduced a bill last week that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of time many Americans can work each week before they're owed overtime. Four-day week: Which countries are e...
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The majority of companies in the United Kingdom that took part in the world’s largest study trialling a four-day workweek have made the policy permanent, with 100 per cent of managers and CEOs saying it had a “positive” impact on the organisation. Some 61 organisations took part in the six-month pilot in 2022. The trial results were announced on Thursday with 89 per cent of companies still using the four-day workweek a year later and over half of the firms making the change permanent. The study also showed that work intensity remains lower and job satisfaction is higher than before the pilot b...
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Germany has started a six-month four-day workweek trial that will allow employees at 45 companies across the country to work one less day per week for the same pay. The initiative, which only involves companies whose work can be adapted to a shorter workweek, is led by Berlin-based management consultancy Intraprenör together with the collaboration of the non-profit organisation 4 Day Week Global (4DWG). Advocates of the shorter workweek hope that working four days a week will make workers happier and more productive at a time when Germany is struggling with slower productivity growth and a lab...
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