4-day workweeks may be around the corner. A third of America’s companies are exploring them

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Nearly 30% of large U.S. companies are exploring new work schedule shifts such as four-day or four-and-a-half-day workweeks, according to a survey of CEOs released this week.

Burnout is such a problem for workers that some bosses are considering shrinking the length of the workweek.Nearly one-third of large U.S. companies are exploring new work schedule shifts such as four-day or four-and-a-half-day workweeks, according to a KPMG survey of CEOs released this week.The findings show how some executives are searching for ways to attract and retain talent in a red hot job market where many employees feel over-worked and underpaid.

companies participated in the world's largest four-day workweek test run and the results seem to be sticking a year laterIn the United Kingdom, a large majority of companies that took part in the world’s biggest trial of a four-day workweek were still letting employees work a shorter week a year later. More than half had even made the change permanent.Will AI shorten the workweek?Of course, a shorter workweek may not work everywhere.

 

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