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 companies i
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.