- Labour promises four-day working week https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49798357 34 comments europe
- Want a four-day work week? Run for Congress. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/11/19/want-a-four-day-work-week-run-for-congress/?tid=rssfeed 101 comments politics
- Four-day week is clever fix to economic malaise https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/four-day-week-is-clever-fix-economic-malaise-2024-01-24/ 5 comments economy
- Ministers warn English councils not to adopt four-day working weeks https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/26/ministers-warn-councils-not-to-adopt-four-day-working-weeks 8 comments europe
- Four-day work week pilot was a resounding success https://www.techspot.com/news/96827-global-four-day-work-week-pilot-resounding-success.html 207 comments technology
- Spain to launch trial of four-day working week https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/spain-to-launch-trial-of-four-day-working-week 51 comments internationalpolitics
- Spain to launch trial of four-day working week https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/spain-to-launch-trial-of-four-day-working-week?cmp=share_androidapp_other 94 comments europe
- Ireland joins international call for a four-day working week https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ireland-joins-international-call-for-a-fourday-working-week-38536110.html 108 comments europe
- We should all be working a four-day week. Here's why | Owen Jones | Opinion https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/16/working-four-day-week-hours-labour 7 comments europe
- Public schools considering four-day week to cut fuel costs http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestylemolt/idusn2439039120080724?feedtype=rss&feedname=lifestylemolt&rpc=22&sp=true 2 comments reddit.com
- Firms in four-day week trial will make it permanent https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62966302 11 comments worldnews
- The Japanese Government Is Strongly Encouraging Four-Day Work Weeks https://futurism.com/the-byte/japan-encouraging-four-day-work-weeks 285 comments worldnews
- Spain to launch trial of four-day working week | Spain https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/spain-to-launch-trial-of-four-day-working-week 19 comments politics
- Finland is planning a four-day week. Is this the secret of happiness? https://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2020/jan/06/finland-is-planning-a-four-day-week-is-this-the-secret-of-happiness 50 comments europe
- How Finland's fake four-day week became a 'fact' in Europe's media https://newsnowfinland.fi/politics/how-finlands-fake-four-day-week-became-a-fact-in-europes-media?fbclid=iwar2yzokow0degsnhkbri8xzvplkicgmplh3inqukyp6cmeyie2bonzkfjbg 3 comments worldnews
- Four-day work week a resounding success, trial shows. https://www.semafor.com/article/12/01/2022/four-day-work-week-a-success-study-shows 5 comments europe
- Here’s why a four-day working week trial in Spain has not been a runaway success https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/07/15/heres-why-a-four-day-working-week-trial-in-spain-has-not-been-a-runaway-success 8 comments worldnews
- Thousands of UK workers begin world’s biggest trial of four-day week | Productivity https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/06/thousands-workers-worlds-biggest-trial-four-day-week 5 comments worldnews
- A New Zealand company tried a four-day work week. It was a 'resounding success' https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/19/news/economy/new-zealand-four-day-work-week-perpetual-guardian/index.html 64 comments worldnews
- UK firms begin world's biggest four-day week trial - with no loss of pay https://news.sky.com/story/uk-firms-begin-worlds-biggest-four-day-week-trial-with-no-loss-of-pay-12628545 8 comments worldnews
- Utah's four-day working week increased productivity and saved energy http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/feb/13/work-life-balance-week-thinktank 33 comments politics
- Spain set to pilot four-day week as response to coronavirus pandemic https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/spain-covid-four-day-week-pilot-b1794322.html 445 comments worldnews
- Four-day working week could create 500K new jobs in UK, study says https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/30/four-day-working-week-could-create-500k-new-jobs-in-uk-study-says?cmp=share_iosapp_other 12 comments worldnews
- Labor unions are pushing for a four-day workweek. Americans once worked 100 hours a week, six days in a row. Then, in 1940, came the five-day workweek. The future of work means fewer hours spent working. https://www.vox.com/2019/9/13/20862246/future-of-work-4-day-workweek 4 comments politics
- Valencia’s four-day week trial results in less stress and more sleep https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/10/31/workers-in-valencias-4-day-week-trial-report-less-stress-and-more-socialising 27 comments europe
- Irish company switches to four-day working week - but keeps staff on exactly the same pay https://www.irishpost.com/news/irish-company-switches-four-day-working-week-keeps-staff-exactly-pay-167780 17 comments europe
- Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an 'unmitigated success' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/work-less-get-more-new-zealand-firms-four-day-week-an-unmitigated-success 12 comments worldnews
- Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an 'unmitigated success' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/work-less-get-more-new-zealand-firms-four-day-week-an-unmitigated-success 18 comments worldnews
- Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day week trial on full pay from Monday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61570021 399 comments upliftingnews
- Six-month pilot of four-day working week being launched in UK https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/six-month-trial-four-day-working-week-companies-b977190.html 33 comments economy
- Beto O'Rourke schedules packed four-day tour of Iowa next week https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/03/29/beto-orourke-iowa-2020-candidate-president-caucuses-democratic-april-ames-fort-dodge-marshalltown/3312276002/ 5 comments politics
- A four-day week could boost employment, save energy and make us happier http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327251.800-better-world-take-friday-off-forever.html 26 comments reddit.com
- No flights, a four-day week and living off-grid: what climate scientists do at home to save the planet | Science https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/29/no-flights-four-day-week-climate-scientists-home-save-planet 17 comments politics
- The world's biggest four-day work week pilot begins. Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week with no cut to their pay in the largest trial of its kind. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/06/business/four-day-week-trial-uk/index.html 5 comments economy
- Japan’s Panasonic joins global trend toward four-day week: Panasonic Corp. is introducing an optional four-day work week, one of a small but growing number of Japanese companies joining the global trend to encourage a good work-life balance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/01/10/business/panasonic-four-day-work-week/ 21 comments futurology
- Germany’s largest trade union, IG Metall, agreed a 2.3% wage increase, to be paid either in full or as part of a switch to a four-day week, in a key industrial region, setting the benchmark for 3.9 million metal and engineering workers nationwide https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-wages-iduskbn2bm1py 12 comments europe
- UK Labour could bring in a four-day working week hints Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell - "The Germans and French produce in four days what we produce in five" https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-could-back-four-day-13382295 17 comments worldnews
- ‘Everybody will love it’: A four-day work week could help rebuild Canada’s economy post-COVID-19, experts say https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/floating-the-idea-of-a-four-day-work-week-as-a-way-to-rebuild-canada 20 comments worldnews
- Finland is planning a four-day week. Is this the secret of happiness?:- Reduced working hours, as promised by the new Finnish PM, can boost productivity and cut carbon emissions. Here’s the evidence behind the idea https://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2020/jan/06/finland-is-planning-a-four-day-week-is-this-the-secret-of-happiness?cmp=share_iosapp_other 19 comments worldnews
- Districts Explore Shorter School Week -- A growing number of school districts across the country are moving to four-day school weeks, in a shift they hope will help close gaping budget holes and stave off teacher layoffs, but that critics fear could hurt students' education http://online.wsj.com/article/sb20001424052748704869304575104124088312524.html#mod=todays_us_nonsub_page_one 12 comments politics