Germany: mixed interim results for the four-day week pilot project

Since February 2024, 45 German companies have been testing the four-day working week as part of a project launched by the consultancy firm Intraprenör, which has just published an interim report of mixed results. The project was originally meant to implement the four-day week according to a ‘100-80-100’ model, in which employees deliver 100% of their workload, with their working hours reduced to 80%, and for which they are paid 100% of their salary level. However, almost half of the...