Overview
4 Day Work Week in the U.S.
The four-day work week is gaining real momentum in the United States. Dozens of US and Canadian companies took part in 4 Day Week Global's North American pilots, moving to a 32-hour week with no cut in pay — and the overwhelming majority chose to keep it, reporting steady or higher revenue, lower staff turnover, and marked improvements in employee wellbeing.
Momentum has reached Washington. In 2024, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Mark Takano introduced the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, which would lower the overtime threshold from 40 to 32 hours over three years while protecting workers' pay. The bill has not passed, but it has moved the four-day week firmly into the national conversation.
States are experimenting too. Bills have been introduced in roughly a dozen states, and in 2025 New York advanced proposals for four-day-week pilot programs — one for state employees and one offering tax incentives to private employers — alongside a bill declaring 32 hours a legal week's work.
