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#4dayworkweek

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Joseph

A recent study on the #4DayWorkweek has unsurprisingly found:

Reduce work hours + maintain pay = improve happiness + boost mental and physical health

While the well-being aspect is unsurprising, I do not see any claim regarding overall productivity. Certainly I would expect a boost in the long-term productivity. Too bad it apparently wasn't studied though.

phys.org/news/2025-07-day-work

Phys.org · 4-day workweek boosts well-being and job satisfaction, study showsBy Krystal Kasal
#Research#Work#Health
Miguel Afonso Caetano

#LaborDay #WorkersRights #4DayWorkWeek #UniversalHealthcare #AI #Automation: "Beyond that, we should be thinking about proactive moves too—the time has never been better to advocate for a 4-day workweek, for instance. We’re just taking the AI companies, who say they’re in the process of ushering in a sublime productivity revolution, at their word! What better way to ensure all workers, not just CEOs, share the benefits of this presumably enhanced efficiency? While we’re at it, the same case might be made to agitate for universal healthcare again, too. The case should be obvious: In a world of hyperabundance, everyone gets access to free healthcare. It should be the very first thing. Anything else is immoral. Otherwise you get Elysium.

This is simply to say, for the last two years, investors, policymakers, and corporate enterprises have taken the tech companies at their word when they’ve pitched AI as a revolutionary and transformative technology—they should be methodically pushed to support commensurate revolutionary and transformative social policies, then, no? Unless, of course, they want to admit that they are full of shit.

Now, look; this is of course a haphazard and deeply incomplete list of ideas, but again; what better time to get the ball rolling? There are more people, users, and workers thinking about technology and how it’s shaping their lives—and willing to push back openly when that shape is turning out worse—than anytime perhaps this century so far. Generative AI is in this sense a burden and a beacon; a vast and dull force embraced by management to automate and oppress creative work, that may yet spark a broader reimagining of how we coexist with technology in general. And how we want to make it work for us, and not the other way around."

bloodinthemachine.com/p/this-l

Blood in the Machine · This Labor Day, let's consider what we want technology to do for *us* By Brian Merchant
ZNet (unofficial)

#GDL - a #union in #Germany recently managed to secure a 35-hour workweek, to be reached in several stages by 2029.

Driven by the "urgent need to attract more workers", this is an important step toward a 4-day work week, with no reduction in pay. Remember, not so long ago the billionaires claimed that a 40 hour workweek would ruin the #economy. It didn't happen then, it won't happen now.

#35hourworkweek #4dayworkweek #labor
apnews.com/article/germany-tra

AP News · Deal to end German rail strikes features a 35-hour work week with an option to work longerTrain drivers and some crew for Germany’s main railway operator will see their working week reduced from 38 hours to 35 by 2029 without having their pay cut, but they will have an option to work longer for more money. That's a central element in the deal reached Monday between state-owned operator Deutsche Bahn and the GDL union after five months of negotiations punctuated by strikes. The two sides gave details of their deal to end the most disruptive of several pay disputes in the German transport sector that have coincided recently.
grayrattus

dziedziczak-artur.com/notes/wo

Today I wrote a #blog post about 4 days #workweek.

I tried to capture the origins of the week, 5-day workweek, 4-day workweek and fight for various #rights that we take for granted now.

If you are interested in why we are a kind of modern version of #slaves feel free to check it up!

As always I try to source everything I quote and my opinions are usually clearly distinguished from facts.

Have a great weekend everyone!

www.dziedziczak-artur.comDziedziczak Artur Blog
#science#4dayworkweek#corporations
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Chuck Darwin

Ministers have formally warned councils in England to abandon any plans to adopt ⭐️four-day working weeks ⭐️for staff, in an escalation of a simmering political row over town hall working practices.

Government guidance issued in October said councils that have adopted four-day weeks should end the practice immediately, while any authorities planning to embrace it in future should stop any trials immediately.

The guidance appears to be the latest salvo in a war of words between the government and South Cambridgeshire district council, which is believed to be the only English authority so far to have experimented with a four-day week.

The council has said its continuing trial of the practice, in which office staff and bin collectors are paid the same for working 20% fewer hours, has already 🔸helped it improve recruitment and led to over £500,000 in savings on agency workers.🔸

Supporters of the four-day week have called it a win-win for workers and employers because it improves staff wellbeing and productivity. In the private sector some companies have adopted the practice after running trials.
#4day #4dayworkweek
theguardian.com/business/2023/

The Guardian · Ministers warn English councils not to adopt four-day working weeksBy Patrick Butler
I am Tully's fierce justiciar

The results are in for the #4DayWeek (i.e. paying employees the same dollar amount for 32 hours of work instead of 40).

For individuals (n=3500):

* 71% reported decreased burnout.
* More than 40% reported improvements across mental health, sleep quality, and fatigue.
* Workers are not using their day off to take paid work elsewhere, but instead for hobbies, leisure, housework, caring, and personal maintenance.
* 90% of people want to continue.

For businesses (n=91):

* YoY revenue up by 35% during trial period.
* Employee attrition down by 57%.
* 91% of companies immediately established the 4-day week permanently.
* Another 4% are leaning toward continuing.

Report available here: 4dayweek.com/

4 Day Week Global4 Day Week GlobalJoin us as we change the future of work! The 4 Day Week is a reduced-hour working model, which seeks to prioritise working smarter to produce better productivity in less time.
#4DayWorkWeek
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Joel Leichty

🧵 5.
Benefits get easier too. We pay 100% benefits for the whole fam. The workers are getting that money either way so might as well keep it simple.

We also do a #4dayworkweek. Consulting has good money with a shorter week - no need for everyone to be overworked. This ties back to trying to retain talent for the long term.

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