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United Auto Workers strike for a 4-day week

The United Auto Workers has gone on strike against all three of the big automakers, and one of their demands is a 4-day week. Regardless of whether it

By |2023-09-15T09:07:03-07:00September 15th, 2023|4-day workweek, Business and work, Current Affairs, Work|Comments Off on United Auto Workers strike for a 4-day week

“Rethink Your Employee Value Proposition” and the 4-day week

In the January 2023 Harvard Business Review, Amy Edmonson and Mark Mortensen make the case for thinking more holistically and long-term about compensation and retaining talent. It’s a

By |2023-01-18T14:21:18-08:00January 18th, 2023|4-day workweek, Business and work|Comments Off on “Rethink Your Employee Value Proposition” and the 4-day week

Compressed weeks, employee morale, and work-life balance: Evidence from Sharjah, UAE

In January 2022, the United Arab Emirates officially adopted a 4.5-day week for its public sector and schools. (I wrote about the change here.) Private-sector companies were not

By |2023-01-04T07:13:25-08:00January 4th, 2023|4-day workweek, Business and work|Comments Off on Compressed weeks, employee morale, and work-life balance: Evidence from Sharjah, UAE

Juliet Schor on the 4-day week: Companies “took this opportunity to totally rethink how they were doing things”

Juliet Schor talked to Michelle Peng in Time Magazine about the 4-day week trials, and the results she and her team at Boston College are seeing. Of course

By |2022-12-15T11:41:23-08:00December 15th, 2022|4 Day Week Global, 4-day workweek, Business and work|Comments Off on Juliet Schor on the 4-day week: Companies “took this opportunity to totally rethink how they were doing things”
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