LONDON -- Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the largest trial of its kind. The pilot, which will last for six months, involves 3,300 ...

An Australian council has agreed in principle to a four-day work week, with employees receiving 100 per cent of five-day ...

The trial compared nearly 3,000 employees at 141 businesses and organizations who adopted a four-day work week with nearly 300 employees at 12 companies who stuck with a five-day schedule. The study ...

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Countries globally are experimenting with the concept of a shortened work week, an idea that has gained traction in the ...

As we publish our final column of 2026, we dedicate this column to our late friend and colleague, Jenny Kaplan, whose guidance and generosity shaped our work for nearly a decade. Jenny coached us ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A company that temporarily gave all of its employees a four-day work week with no reduction in pay now says the experiment was a resounding success. Perpetual Guardian, a New ...

A Washington state lawmaker has proposed to shorten the traditional workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours for many people across ...

Staff at one local authority are doing fewer hours for the same pay. How is it working out?

Ready for a three-day weekend? Seven in 10 workers feel they could be just as productive in a four-day work week, according to new research. Ahead of Labor Day, a new survey of 2,000 Americans ...

La Rentrée is the French expression for that September vibe when summer is over and it's time to come back from vacation. So it's with a certain amount of amusement that I report on the latest salvo ...