Overview

• The six-month trial published in Nature Human Behaviour tracked 2,896 employees at 141 organizations across Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S., finding reduced burnout, higher job satisfaction and improved mental and physical health without any loss of productivity.
• Juliet Schor’s analysis highlights three implementation tactics—cutting unnecessary meetings, streamlining workflows and eliminating low-impact work—to sustain performance under a compressed schedule.
• Critics including Isaac Kohen caution that reliance on self-reported data leaves a critical gap and call for objective productivity metrics before companies commit to shorter weeks.
• Pipedrive’s Annual State of Sales & Marketing Report shows sales professionals on four-day workweeks are eight percent more likely to meet quotas and report the strongest work-life balance satisfaction.
• Lawmakers such as Senator Bernie Sanders are advancing proposals to formalize a 32-hour workweek without pay cuts, building on growing political support.