Category: 4-day week

The Four-Day Work Week and Bernie

February 28, 2023
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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…

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70 UK Firms Adopt 4-Day Week, Giving Employees 100 Percent Pay in New Trial

June 6, 2022
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Thousands of workers across the United Kingdom are set to begin a four-day work week trial from Monday while still receiving 100 percent of their wages. The experiment has been arranged by not-for-profit organization 4 Day Week Global in partnership with the think tank Autonomy, the 4 Day Week Campaign, and researchers at Cambridge University, Oxford University,…

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