Commentary: Can a four-day workweek really work? Many companies have already learned the answer
by Juliet Schor and Wen Fan, Los Angeles Times
Jun 09, 2023
3 minutes
In 1940, Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to limit the standard workweek to 40 hours, with any additional hours eligible for overtime. Despite a more than threefold increase in productivity since, the 40-hour week has remained unchanged for 83 years.
But it may be changing at last. 2023 could just be the year of the four-day, 32-hour week.
Over the first few months of the year, Google searches for information about the four-day week rose by a factor of five. The
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