Billionaire tech CEOs promise shorter weeks thanks to AI—but IWG’s Mark Dixon says automation won’t free time, it’ll just create more work.

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

LONDON -- Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the largest trial of its kind. The pilot, which will last for six months, involves 3,300 ...

An Australian council has agreed in principle to a four-day work week, with employees receiving 100 per cent of five-day ...

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 ...

The trial compared nearly 3,000 employees at 141 businesses and organizations who adopted a four-day work week with nearly 300 employees at 12 companies who stuck with a five-day schedule. The study ...

A Washington state lawmaker has proposed to shorten the traditional workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours for many people across ...

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has warned that automation will make many tasks obsolete in the coming years. Meanwhile ...

Staff at one local authority are doing fewer hours for the same pay. How is it working out?

As we publish our final column of 2026, we dedicate this column to our late friend and colleague, Jenny Kaplan, whose guidance and generosity shaped our work for nearly a decade. Jenny coached us ...