Three lockdowns have made a large number of employees re-evaluate the notoriously tricky work-life balance. The four-day working week is seen as the perfect solution, designed to offer employees ...

Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressive lawmakers introduced legislation that would shorten the work week from 40 hours to 32. The bill would lower the federal overtime threshold from 40 ...

Coming out the other side of a bank holiday weekend always has us lusting after a shorter working week. ‘Life would be so much better if we had a three day weekend,’ we think to ourselves, ruminating ...

A London tech firm has scrapped its plans for a four-day working week after discovering it made staff even more stressed. Internet services company Krystal started the shorter week in June and planned ...

Having the same amount of work to do in one day less could lead to increased anxiety and isolation. LumiNola—Getty Images Following in the footstep of Iceland, New Zealand and Japan, Britain just ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (above) is pushing for shorter work weeks. Here's the research on what that extra day off does for workers and their employers. Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images Last week, Sen.