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One company’s 4-day workweek experiment increased productivity by 24% and cut burnout in half

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April 16, 2024
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Success

The first company in Turkey adopts a 4-day work week, leading to an 85% rise in work-life balance and employee engagement

By Ugur Yilmaz and Bloomberg
April 8, 2024
Occasionally falling asleep at work is par for the course, according to a new survey by sleep wellness company Sleep Doctor, with 46% of respondents saying they nap during the workday at least a few times a year.
Life

1 in 3 workers admit to regularly napping on the clock, survey says. Here’s why Gen Z and millennial men are the worst culprits

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April 7, 2024
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Lifestyle

France is piloting a 4-day work week—but there’s a catch. Only divorced parents qualify for it

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March 20, 2024
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Lifestyle

Germany is trialing a 4-day week like the U.K., U.S., and Portugal—but the country needs the opposite of a short week, senior economist says

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January 31, 2024
Hand change number 2023 to 2024 and word trends on the table
Leadership

The rise of ‘little flex time’ and shorter work weeks: Trends that’ll reshape businesses in 2024, according to massive study of nearly 2.7 million job searches and 30,000 workers

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December 30, 2023
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Retail

‘Work less and work better, this is the principle’: Lamborghini makes history by agreeing to a 4-day workweek for its production workers

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December 7, 2023
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Success

AI should make the 4-day work week possible for millions of workers. The question is whether they’ll use the free time for leisure—or more work

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November 24, 2023
Microsoft founder Bill Gates
Tech

Bill Gates teases the possibility of a 3-day work week where ‘machines can make all the food and stuff’

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November 23, 2023
German finance minister Christian Lindner
Lifestyle

Top German politician warns against adopting a 4-day workweek: ‘Never in history has a society increased its prosperity by working less’

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November 6, 2023
Pedro Sanchez, Yolanda Diaz

Spain wants to cut its workweek to 37.5 hours with unemployment reaching a 15-year low of 11.6%

By Rodrigo Orihuela and Bloomberg
October 24, 2023
Major 4-day workweek study suggests that when we work 5 days we spend one doing basically nothing
Success

Major 4-day workweek study suggests that when we work 5 days we spend one doing basically nothing

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July 27, 2023
Samsung jumps on 4-day workweek bandwagon as it gives staff one Friday off each month in a bid to retain talent
Tech

Samsung jumps on 4-day workweek bandwagon as it gives staff one Friday off each month in a bid to retain talent

By Sohee Kim, Shinhye Kang and Bloomberg
June 14, 2023
California lawmaker wants the workweek to be 32 hours. ‘Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor’
Success

California lawmaker wants the workweek to be 32 hours. ‘Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor’

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March 14, 2023
A Chick-fil-A restaurant is seen on July 05, 2022 in Houston, Texas.
Retail

‘Work three days a week, get full-time hours.’ Chick-fil-A owner’s move to 3-day schedule gets 429 applications in a week

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November 2, 2022

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