If passed, the four-day work week pilot will last two to four years and be run by the Department of Labor.

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

The COVID-19 pandemic has already changed how millions of Americans do their jobs. Now it may change how many days a week Americans do their jobs. "Who chose 40 hours? Who chose five days?" Uncharted ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Netherlands has quietly shown how a four-day working week can boost wellbeing without denting output. Pilot studies in ...

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

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has warned that automation will make many tasks obsolete in the coming years. Meanwhile ...

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 ...