Scottish companies talk about the 4-day week and pandemic reopening
The Edinburgh Evening News spoke to the heads of two Scottish companies about the 4-day week and how it could help companies in the wake of the pandemic.
Morgantown WV will begin a year-long trial of a 4-day week for government services
Morgantown, a city of about 30,000 in West Virginia, will begin a year-long trial of the 4-day week starting July 6, right after the national holiday. The city's
Japanese companies are implementing 4-day weeks as they reopen
Recently I made the case in The Atlantic that companies should adopt a 4-day week in order to make offices and workplaces safer, and to help companies develop
Andrew Yang speaks out in favor of a 4-day week
Add Andrew Yang to Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon who've floated the idea that a 4-day week would be good for companies as they reopen: 3-Day weekends are
Why the “coronavirus is ‘accelerating’… a major shift toward the shorter workweek”
Miriam Berger at The Washington Post asks, "Will the coronavirus pandemic open the door to a four-day workweek?" One interesting point was made by Henley Business School professor
Nicola Sturgeon: “we should be encouraging employers to look at embracing… [t]hings like a four-day week”
Last month I published an article in the Atlantic arguing that a 4-day week could help companies that had closed or shifted to remote operations during the pandemic
Huffington Post: With shorter hours, you “reduce the risk of people infecting each other” at work
I'm quoted in the Huffington Post about the shorter workweek and its benefits for post-COVID businesses: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising employers to keep
Buffer implements a 4-day week
You're probably reading this article thanks to a link I scheduled through Buffer, whose service is great if you have multiple social media accounts. Well, they've just implemented
The Atlantic: Making the case for reopening with a 4-day week
In today's Atlantic I have an essay arguing for reopening businesses on a 4-day week. The argument has two parts. First, offices have proved to be a significant
Penguin Connect: “Could this be the moment when the 9-5 as we know it dies?”
San Francisco in the lockdown I hardly know a writer who isn't either studying life under lockdown, or trying to write something about life after lockdown. Alice Vincent