None of the companies involved in the pilot program were necessarily against keeping the four-day work week schedule. The five-day, 40-hour work week was a hard-fought win for labor activists in the ...

Juliet Schor has been studying the benefits of working less for decades. She published her first book on the topic, "The Overworked American," in 1992. It hit a nerve: The book landed her on the The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. The concept of a 4-day workweek isn’t new, but with the ...

Working long hours week after week, with no end in sight, takes a toll on employees. Long work hours have been shown to significantly decrease mental and physical health and lead to less productivity ...

If passed, the four-day work week pilot will last two to four years and be run by the Department of Labor.

It all comes down to money, but in the silliest way possible. Sure, a lot of our problems could be solved by simply being paid more, but when it comes to how deeply unhappy and burned out American ...