Commentary
Some 61 varied British businesses with a total of 2,900 employees over the course of six months recently participated in the largest experiment ever of a four-day work week, effectively providing their workers with a paid day off a week.
Conducted by the British think tank Autonomy, two nonprofits, and researchers at Cambridge and Boston College, the goal was to ascertain whether the increased time off would lessen stress and burnout while maintaining or even increasing productivity and revenue, as well as test the effects on employee health and turnover.
The findings were tremendously positive, with over 90 percent of the businesses favoring the continuation of the practice, 18 of whom intended to make a four-day week permanent….