Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. Working remotely is a priority for most professionals, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of coworkers celebrates. The folks in the "Land Down Under" say nope. A new study conducted among 15 Australian companies ...

circa 1955: A china plate breaks into large pieces and tiny shards when dropped from a height of six feet. (Photo by Al Barry/Three Lions/Getty Images) The Four-Day Work Week (4DWW) has been trialed ...

Workers want flexible schedules — and a four-day work week is at the top of their wish list. More than half of those who want a shorter week would be willing to work longer days to get it. When it ...

A growing number of lawmakers, business leaders, and academics are pushing for the U.S. to embrace a four-day work week, leading critics to question the wisdom of what would be a cultural sea change ...

A four-day work week can lead to happier and more productive, dedicated employees, a new global study found. Workers at companies that instituted a four-day work week—essentially working 80% of their ...

Billionaire financier and Mets owner Steve Cohen said he believes a four-day work week could soon be the norm — an idea that has also influenced his 2023 investment in golf startup league TGL. "I ...

Another major city is introducing a four-day week for thousands of workers, with the shorter work week movement continuing to grow globally. Within a matter of days, employees in Dubai’s public sector ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Irina Anghel and Arianne Cohen, Bloomberg The largest-ever trial of the four-day work week found that most UK companies participating are not returning to ...

We’re never going back to the office – at least not five days a week. That’s the contention of Anne Helen Petersen, the author of “Out of Office: Unlocking the Power and Potential of Hybrid Work.” ...

The five-day, forty-hour work week has been the default setting of professional life for nearly a century. It was codified in the United States in 1938, built around the rhythms of factory floors, and ...