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It's Official: The 4-Day Week Works

Utah shows economic, environmental, and health benefits from new scheme

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 25, 2009 1:32 PM CDT

(Newser) – A year ago, Utah’s governor instituted a 4-day, 10-hour-a-day workweek for some 17,000 state employees—and the results so far show big benefits, GOOD reports:

  • Closed offices on Fridays have cut energy use by 13% and reduced the state’s carbon footprint by
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