Common Future
Ending Time Poverty: The 4-Day, 32-Hour Workweek
Advancing 4-day, 32-hour workweek with full pay and benefits promotes thriving for all workers, but especially for women, people of color, and caregivers.
Our 40-hour workweek was enshrined 85 years ago. Since then, women's workforce participation and occupations have significantly changed. The workweek has not. Facing inequities in time and pay, women today must choose between burnout or reduced hours/pay. Big problems require bold, evidence-backed solutions. The 4-day, 32-hour workweek reduces inequities by universalizing shorter hours. At hundreds of implementing companies, employees experienced improved well-being, work-life balance and sharing of domestic responsibilities. Let's make it the standard.
Primary Barrier
Inflexible Workplaces
Location
California
Solution Region
Nation-wide
Community Type
Urban
