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France’s Planning Office Backs Longer Paid Leave and Guaranteed Childcare to Confront Birth Slump

The office warns family policy alone will not reverse the decline.

Unions Push 35-Hour Week, Four-Day Week Option and Extra Leave in Jobs Standards Review

Tories Pledge Law to Ban Four-Day Weeks on Full Pay Across Public Services

Global Employee Engagement Falls to 20% as Manager Buy-In Slumps

Mexico Sets Official Timeline to Cut Workweek to 40 Hours by 2030

Mexico Approves Phased 40-Hour Workweek, Sending Labor Overhaul to State Votes

Mexico Sets Phased Shift to a 40-Hour Workweek Starting in 2026

Mexico Plans Phased 40-Hour Week as Argentina Pushes 12-Hour Days in Sweeping Labor Overhaul

Brazil's Senate Panel Backs Workweek Cut, Sending 6x1 Repeal to Plenary

Portugal’s First General Strike Since 2013 Halts Transport as Unions Protest ‘Trabalho XXI’

AI Startups Revive 72-Hour Workweeks as Weekend Work Shows Up in Spending Data

Greece Enacts 13-Hour Workday Option as Argentina Weighs Draft Inspired by Its Model

Sanders Plans ‘Robot Tax’ Bill as AI Job-Loss Warnings Intensify

Maharashtra Weighs 10-Hour Days for Private Workers as Draft Factory Rules Go to Centre

Real-World Trial Finds AI Coding Tools Slow Experienced Developers by 19%

U.S. Fertility Rate Remains at 1.6 as Americans Press for Better Child Care and Maternal Support

Spain Advances Workweek Reduction Bill to Parliament

UK Government Considers Stricter Rules for Indefinite Leave to Remain

Over 200 UK Companies Permanently Adopt Four-Day Work Week

England Leads Developed Nations in Overqualified Workforce, OECD Finds