The four-day working week is gaining ground

Between 2015 and 2019, Iceland, a pioneer in this field, experimented with a reduced work week on a large scale. Over the four-year period and conducted by both the city of Reykjavik and the Icelandic government, some 2,500 people, or more than 1% of the working population, participated in testing reduced working hours with no reduction in salary. Working hours for staff in day care centres and service centres were reduced from 40 to 35 or 36 hours per week. The measure was then applied to...