Four-Day Work Week Goes National After Landmark Trial

The largest four-day work week trial ever conducted has ended with numbers so strong the government is taking the model national: productivity up 8%, reported burnout down 39%, and resignations cut nearly in half.

Of the 2,900 companies that participated across eighteen months, 90% have opted to keep the schedule permanently — including manufacturers and hospitals that skeptics insisted could never make it work.

How the rollout works

From January, firms adopting the 32-hour week at full pay receive a two-year payroll tax credit. A national scheduling office will publish sector-specific playbooks based on what trial participants learned.

Neighboring countries are watching closely; two have already announced trials of their own modeled on the framework.