03/24/2025

Determining if a Shorter Workday is Best for Your Organization

Rather than a four-day workweek, a shorter workday may be more realistic

There has been lots of chatter in the past few years about the benefits of a shorter workweek, as some companies have tested out four-day work schedules and other variations on the traditional workweek.

Back in 2021, on the heels of the pandemic, California Congressman Mark Takano even introduced a bill to enshrine a 32-hour workweek—though it never garnered enough bipartisan support to progress further. In surveys, a majority of workers have expressed interest in a four-day or 32-hour workweek (with no reduction in pay, of course).

Even as some leaders increasingly see the evolution of the workweek as an inevitability, we’re still a long way from ushering in sweeping changes across the workforce. But a recent report revealed that many employees may already be leaning into a shorter workday—or at least a more flexible workweek. Corporate workers in the U.S. are now clocking out at 4:39 p.m. on average, according to data from the workforce analytics platform ActivTrak.

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