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Le Sénat brésilien approuve un plan de réduction du temps de travail.
Brazil's Senate has approved a work time reduction plan, signaling legislative movement on shorter working hours. The measure represents a significant step in exploring alternatives to traditional full-time schedules.
- Newđ«đ· Le nouvel Ăconomiste
Le passage à la semaine de 4 jours sans baisse de salaire : bilan comptable pour les précurseurs
Early adopters of the 4-day week without pay cuts are settling their accounts. This analysis focuses on the actual financial outcomes for pioneering companies and what their experience reveals about the economic sustainability of this work model.
- Newđ«đ· RFI
Brésil: en plein entre-deux tours, le Parlement approuve la réduction du temps de travail
Brazil's Parliament has approved a working time reduction amid the electoral campaign between the two rounds of the presidential election. The decision, passed during a politically sensitive period, could reshape labor conditions across the nation.
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Consulting / Training
Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
Since 2025-01-01
100% (100Percent)
Consumer Goods
San Diego (Californie), Ătats-Unis
Since 2024-10-01
360imprimir
E-commerce / Tech
Lisbonne, Portugal
Since 2022-10-01
4 Day Week Global
Royaume-Uni
Since 2022-06-01
4C Health
Non-profit
Rochester (Indiana), Ătats-Unis
Since 2022-09-01
AFAS Software
Tech / SaaS
Kontich, Belgique
Since 2025-07-01
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The four-day week, tested by the numbers
61 companies, around 2,900 employees, June-December 2022 â the largest pilot trial in the world to date.
- 92 % Companies that kept the four-day week
- +35 % Average revenue (vs comparable period)
- -57 % Staff attrition
- -71 % Employee burnout
70 %
of working people in France are in favor of a 32-hour week paid as 35.
Source: Ifop pour Politis, mars 2024Testimonials
âJ'ai gagnĂ© de l'argent avec cette mesure alors que je pensais en dĂ©penser !âTranslation: âI made money on this move when I expected it to cost me!â
âNos arrĂȘts maladie ont Ă©tĂ© divisĂ©s par deux. Et bien sĂ»r nos coĂ»ts sont aussi plus bas, car nous n'avons plus besoin d'autant d'espace et nos factures d'Ă©lectricitĂ© ont diminuĂ©.âTranslation: âOur sick leave has been halved. And of course our costs are lower too, because we no longer need as much space and our electricity bills have gone down.â
Andrew Barnes
Founder, Perpetual Guardian
The Better News, 28/11/2022quote as rendered in French by the source
âOn savait qu'on allait vivre une zone de tĂątonnements et ça a Ă©tĂ© le cas !âTranslation: âWe knew there would be a period of trial and error â and there was!â
