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GUEST OPINION by Lee Hawksley, President, Asia Pacific and Japan, UiPath:  The change from the traditional five-day to four-day work week is a co...

Our nearly century-long love affair with the five-day workweek is over.

Some 40% of Australian professionals believe the four-day work week will become a reality within the next five years, according to a survey of 41,965 professionals by global recruitment firm Hays plc.

A bill introduced in the Maryland House of Delegates aims to give private businesses a new tool to attract workers: a new vision for the work week.

The new, shorter work week proposed by the bill would represent a departure from the standard five-day, 40-hour work week established through a 1940 amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Drawing on success stories from companies that have adopted the four-day work week since the pandemic, the bill’s objective is to give more businesses the flexibility to try it out for themselves.

A new bill introduced in the Maryland House of Delegates aims to give private businesses a new tool to attract and retain workers: a new vision for the workweek.

The bill, HB 0181, introduced by Del. Vaughan Stewart, D-Montgomery, would allow private businesses to opt into a four-day, 32-hour work week pilot program that would include technical assistance from the Maryland Department of Labor and a tax credit of up to $10,000 in exchange for their participation in a study of the program’s success.

Girling Jones staff rotate days off, and are all in the office on Mondays and Fridays. It's seen a 29% increase in profits from this time last year.

Girling Jones staff rotate days off, and are all in the office on Mondays and Fridays. It's seen a 29% increase in profits from this time last year.

By Dana Malcolm Staff Writer   Thousands of workers in the United Kingdom will have a three day weekend for the next six months as they participate in a four-day workweek experiment. The pilot program was created by Four Day Work Week Global and will see employees retain their full salary with one day less […]