Campaigners have written to the government calling for a pilot of a four-day working week at schools in England and Wales, which they claim will benefit both teachers and students. In a letter to ...

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

For education leaders, particularly in hard-to-staff rural districts, shortening the school week has become a key selling ...

MORE than 50 organisations employing over 1,400 workers moved to a four-day working week in 2025, according to new figures.

None of the companies involved in the pilot program were necessarily against keeping the four-day work week schedule. The five-day, 40-hour work week was a hard-fought win for labor activists in the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Most modern four-day pilots are built on the "100-80-100" promise: employees receive 100% of their pay for 80% of the time, ...

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