Four-Day Work Week Pilot Convinces Most German Firms in Trial

  • Study shows benefits for employees’ mental and physical health
  • Six-month study across country included 45 companies
Commuters cycle to work in Berlin.Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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A pilot project of the four-day work week in Germany found that almost three quarters of participants aren’t returning to a five-day standard.

Some 73% of the 45 companies that participated in the six-month experiment will either fully implement the model or extend the trial, according to a report released Friday. Two large firms dropped out early due to “economic difficulties or lack of internal support.”