Employees work better and tire less when working a four-day week, according to a six-month trial involving thousands of individuals. The research, led by Boston College associate professor of sociology Wen Fan and economics professor Juliet Schor, also found that changes to working patterns led to better job satisfaction and fewer sleep problems. The study, reported in Nature Human Behaviour, was designed to test the effects of the four-day workweek with no reduction in pay. It relied on a six-m...