Largest Four-Day Workweek Pilot Ever Launches in the UK
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Workers in the United Kingdom just enjoyed an extended weekend to celebrate the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Now, thousands of employees will continue to enjoy long weekends.
On Monday, the largest four-day work week pilot program in history launched in the UK, with 3,300 employees across 70 different companies participating. Researchers from Cambridge, Oxford, and Boston College will assess whether employees truly can operate at 100% productivity in just 80% of the time -- while retaining the exact same salary. God speed, test subjects.
Source Fool.com
