Tag: fourday
The surprising results of the four-day week in the United Arab Emirates – L’Express
On January 30, the French Prime Minister created a surprise by announcing an experiment with a four-day week in all administrations, including ministries. Traditionally associated with the political left and…
Four-day week, unemployment insurance… Hot issues on Attal’s table – L’Express
“We will continue on this path of rigor and responsibility always with a common thread […] that of work”: after the unprecedented slippage in France’s public deficit – 5.5% of…
The Germans are turning a surprising solution to the labor shortage: the four-day work week is spreading | Foreign countries
CHEMNITZ In the ten-person architectural office of Hirsack & Co. in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, a four-day work week has been implemented since the beginning of February. First, working hours were…
Four-day weeks are now to be tested in Swedish workplaces
After several years as a manager, Anna-Carin Alderin became interested in the labor market of the future and caught sight of “4 Day Week Global”, a non-profit organization that collaborates…
In the UK, trying the four-day working week means adopting it
News Published on 03/02/2024 at 10:04 a.m. Updated 03/02/2024 at 10:04 a.m. Reading 2 min. More and more workers want to adjust their work schedule, in order to accomplish the…
The four-day week applied in France? Attal opens a door
Gabriel Attal announced the launch of an experiment on the “four-day week” in ministries. Already tested in certain structures, this new organization could be less successful than expected. The four-day…
Evening four-day Baarn cancelled: ‘Volunteering is being broken up’
Baarn – Four evenings in a row, walking through the village with hundreds of people. “An evening four-day event has something wonderful”, says chairman of the event in Baarn, Viola…
After the din of the retreats, the sweet music of the four-day week
It could be laughable if the idea was not the most serious. After having hammered for months during the debate on the pension reform that the French will have to…
Why the four-day week is an illusion, by Marine Balansard
Personal situations and business strategy matter a lot to the success of the four-day week. There are as many forms of it as there are companies, even if very few…
Four-day week: when companies need to rethink their organization
“Three hours of work each day and in shifts or a fifteen-hour week”: in 1930, in the midst of an economic and social crisis, John Maynard Keynes imagined in his…