four-day week

Last Updated: April 06, 2023, 11:33 ISTChristopher Pissarides, winner of the joint 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russia. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)Christopher…

A six-month trial of a four-day working week significantly reduced stress and illness in the workforce compared with a five-day working week, a U.K. study has found. The study was conducted by a team of researchers at the University…

Are you in the mood to quit your job and do something of your own? Start a business, pursue some hobbies, travel, channel your inner self? If yes then worry not, you are not the only one. According to the recruitment agency Michael Page,…

<!-- -->UK companies may ask staff to spread the 32 hours over five days.The dream of spending less time at work without a pay cut is about to become a reality for more employees.The UK pilot of a four-day work week will begin in June…

Imagine setting your alarm only on four days instead of five. And having a three-day weekend that can be used to rest, relax, and rejuvenate. But is such a shortened working week viable in the modern industrial world? This is a question…