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The five-day, 40-hour workweek has been the standard for as long as just about every American can remember, having been adopted on a broad scale in 1940 when Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards...

Garden, piloted four-day workweeks last year. employees had to adjust. they shortened meetings, some used flags that functioned as do not disturb signs on their desk. most importantly, perhaps, to increase efficiency, they had to cut back on browsing the internet. the company claimed that workers were as productive in four days as they used to be in five and they were more engaged and less stressed. as bryce covert notes in "the new york times," at a certain point, adding more and more hours in ...