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Greece Bucks the Trend, Approves a 6-Day Workweek

Certain private businesses can ask employees to work 48 hours in highly criticized move

(Newser) - While many countries are testing a four-day workweek , Greece is going in the other direction. The southern European country on Monday introduced a six-day workweek for some businesses as laid out in a package of labor laws passed last year, per CNBC . "Employees of private businesses that provide round-the-clock...

One Demand by the UAW Would Benefit All Americans
One Demand by the UAW
Would Benefit All Americans
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Sep 28, 2023 12:45 PM CDT

One Demand by the UAW Would Benefit All Americans

The shift to a 32-hour workweek is overdue, writes Binyamin Appelbaum

(Newser) - Much of the focus in the ongoing United Auto Workers strike is on wages. But Binyamin Appelbaum points out in the New York Times that workers also are pushing for a fundamental change—a 32-hour workweek over four days. "We'll all benefit if they succeed," Appelbaum writes...

Missouri School Board Votes to Switch to 4-Day Week

Shortage of teachers and other staffers drives change

(Newser) - A Missouri school board voted Tuesday to put the district on a four-day week next fall, a move becoming more common nationally. Independence Superintendent Dale Herl said the impetus is a staffing shortage, ABC News reports. "If you look across the country, there is a significant teacher shortage , but...

18K Students Told Not to Show Up on Mondays

4-day week in effect for Colorado school district

(Newser) - Some 18,000 students in Colorado may be the envy of all others this school year: Though they're already back to class, the students of 27J, the 16th-largest school district in the state, have to show up just four days a week, Tuesday to Friday from 8:30am to...

Brown's Plan for California: 4-Day Workweek

Budget deficit forcing painful austerity plan

(Newser) - California Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a painful slate of budget cuts yesterday, including shifting all state employees to a four-day, 38-hour workweek, in an effort to reduce the state's yawning $15.7 billion budget gap . The plan also includes cuts to courts, health services, and welfare in what Brown...

It's Official: The 4-Day Week Works

Utah shows economic, environmental, and health benefits from new scheme

(Newser) - A year ago, Utah’s governor instituted a 4-day, 10-hour-a-day workweek for some 17,000 state employees—and the results so far show big benefits, GOOD reports:
  • Closed offices on Fridays have cut energy use by 13% and reduced the state’s carbon footprint by some 6,000 metric tons—
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Utah State Workers Get 4-Day Week
Utah State Workers Get 4-Day Week
Jul 1, 2008 4:24 PM CDT

Utah State Workers Get 4-Day Week

Measure meant to save money, reduce energy use gains across US

(Newser) - Utah will roll out a mandatory four-day work week for most state employees in August, USA Today reports, the first state to do so. Republican Gove. Jon Huntsman says he's making the change to reduce his state's negative impact on the environment and to provide workers with more flexibility; offices...

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