Work Week

• Would you like a 4-day work week? BC Greens call for pilot project

  Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is pitching a pilot project that would offer businesses tax credits if they shifted to 32-hour work weeks for employees, without cutting their pay.

  Economy

  Feb 24, 2023
  
• Municipalities weigh in as Saint John begins an experimental four-day work week

  As the City of Saint John trials a four-day work-week model, other New Brunswick municipalities say they've had success with a similar idea.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2022
  
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• Saint John, N.B. to pilot 4-day work week

  Starting on Oct. 17, the city will close municipal offices from Friday to Sunday. The shortened week will not apply to essential services.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2022
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• New Brunswick towns testing 4-day work week

  'We’re sort of asking people to give it the old college try and see if it works for them,' said Quispamsis CAO Aaron Kennedy of their four-day work week trial run.

  Lifestyle

  Apr 8, 2022
• Town of Sackville, N.B. tries 4-day work week

  Jamie Burke, the CAO of Sackville, N.B., said some employees suggested a four-day work week while he was looking for a way to boost employee morale.

  Economy

  Mar 25, 2022
• Inverary, Ont. business moves to 4-day work week

  Lavallee's Cookery has introduced a four-day work week to help ease stress and burnout during the pandemic for its work staff.

  Lifestyle

  Feb 22, 2022
• Toronto software company to shift employees to 4-day work week in pilot program

  In a press release issued Tuesday, Alida Inc., said the pilot program will begin in July. 

  Economy

  Feb 15, 2022
• Zorra Township permanently implements 4-day workweek following success of pilot project

  The second half of the 8-month project ended earlier this month, with researchers from Western and York Universities deeming the study a success.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2021
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• Iceland’s 4-day workweek deemed an ‘overwhelming success’ after trial

  Employees received the same pay while working shorter hours during the four-year trial.

  Trending

  Jul 6, 2021
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• N.S. municipality tests viability of four-day work week after coronavirus reorganization

  Approximately 60 municipal employees will work the same number of hours over a condensed work week, with either Monday or Friday off.

  Economy

  Jun 15, 2020