While workers in well-paid jobs have bargaining leverage to assert their legal rights, others in lower-paid jobs face minimal protection and risk direct exploitation in a four-day working week. On the ...

A century ago, the five-day working week helped reshape society. It was introduced at scale by industrial pioneers to address ...

The prospect of slashing a day of work from the schedule each week without a lower paycheck is a great deal for workers, so it is not surprising that multiple studies show employees love the idea of a ...

A year after the world's largest 4-day workweek trial ended, most companies are carrying on with it. 92% of the participant companies are still on the reduced schedule, researchers said Wednesday. "To ...

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 ...

11/14 UPDATE: Supporters of a four-day work week program in Massachusetts made their case at the State House on Tuesday. Click here to read more. BOSTON - The push to bring a four-day work week to ...

BOSTON - Should Massachusetts explore the benefits of a four-day work week? Supporters of a bill that would incentivize businesses to make the switch through a pilot program made their case on Beacon ...