Nigerian state government announces a 4-day week
A number of governments have experimented with 4-day weeks and work-from home plans. Mainly these have been in the US and Europe, but the Nigerian state of Kaduna
How critiques of shorter working hours fall shorter
In the wake of the good news about Iceland’s public sector implementing a shorter workweek, a couple pieces have raised questions about the Iceland experience and 4-day workweek
Government experimentation with shorter hours
Iceland is getting a ton of coverage for its implementation of a shorter workweek for public sector workers, but it's worth noting that a lot of other countries
4-day weeks in Spain and India
Two very different proposals for 4-day weeks have recently been floated in Spain and India. Last year, the Spanish party Más País got the government to agree to
Government and the 4-day week: The problem of public perception
Acadia Parish in Louisiana recently decided to end its 4-day week for some public workers. The public sector has seen some of the biggest experiments with a 4-day
Jefferson County, Colorado trials a 4-day week
Jefferson County, Colorado, moved some of its government operations to a 4-day workweek on June 1. In most cases, this means moving staff to four 10-hour days, not
Guysborough, Nova Scotia trials a 4-day week
In Canada there has been a fair amount of discussion recently about the possibility of moving to a 4-day week, from Justin Trudeau mentioning it briefly during a
The 4-day week and the shape of post-pandemic work in Asia
Recently in a number of countries, politicians have raised the idea of post-pandemic economies adopting a 4-day workweek as a way of boosting tourism and leisure spending, making
Morgantown WV will begin a year-long trial of a 4-day week for government services
Morgantown, a city of about 30,000 in West Virginia, will begin a year-long trial of the 4-day week starting July 6, right after the national holiday. The city's
Nicola Sturgeon: “we should be encouraging employers to look at embracing… [t]hings like a four-day week”
Last month I published an article in the Atlantic arguing that a 4-day week could help companies that had closed or shifted to remote operations during the pandemic