Dozens of employers moved to four days. Most have kept it. Here is what they say changed, and what did not.
A year after 41 employers moved to a four-day week with no loss of pay, 38 have kept it.
Productivity, measured in different ways, was flat or higher in most. Sick days fell. Resignations fell sharply. Several firms reported that recruiting became easier.
It has not worked everywhere. Businesses that rely on continuous coverage, such as clinics and shops, found it harder, and some adopted staggered schedules instead. But the early evidence is hard to dismiss.
When the last paper in Marlow County folded, a retired printer, a school librarian and two hundred neighbours decided to start another. This is how they did it, and what it cost.
After 87 years, a family-run cannery says it cannot afford another one. The town is trying to find a way to keep it open.
A new generation of plants can recover nearly all the metals in a spent battery. The bottleneck is no longer technology; it is collection.
The big cities grabbed the headlines. The sharpest increases are happening in places with populations under 400,000.
