Four Day Work Week

Dave Jamieson

Jon Huntsman's Four-Day Workweek Experiment Comes To End In Utah

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Elections 2012, Salt Lake City, Human Resources, Jon Huntsman, Four Day Work Week, Gary Herbert, Utah, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Back in 2008, when he was governor of Utah, likely GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman instituted a novel experiment in human-resource...

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Why The Four-Day Work Week Could Be Good For The Environment

Think Progress | Matthew Yglesias | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Four-Day Work Week, Commuting, Five-Day Work Week, 40 Hour Work Week, Green News

The traditional 40-hour workweek is composed of five eight-hour days instead of four ten-hour days. But the historical reasons for that are fairly arb...

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KPMG To Offer 4-Day Work Week To British Employees To Stave Off Job Cuts

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Financial services company KPMG said Friday it would offer its staff a four-day working week or sabbatical breaks, but said it could no...

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The Four Day Work Week Gains Speed, Saves Gas

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Working Women, Oil Prices, Work Life Balance, Commuting and Gas Prices, Oil Drum, Four Day Work Week, Energy, Healthy Living News
Morra Aarons-Mele

In 1938 Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act regulating the eight hour day, 40 hour week. Most scholars of work and many Americans agree: the traditional work schedule is a relic.

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