Going Public: Iceland's Journey to a Shorter Working Week
Read Autonomy and Alda's report on the public sector pilot of shorter working weeks in Iceland - the largest of its kind.
Iceland embraced a shorter work week. Here’s how it turned out
Oct 25, 2024 · Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay, according to research released Friday.
Iceland tested the 4-day workweek—and Gen Z was right all along
Sep 9, 2025 · Shorter weeks sounded utopian—until real-world trials showed productivity could hold steady while work-life balance improved. Iceland’s experiment didn’t just work; it rewired …
Iceland’s Journey to a Shorter Working Week
Iceland’s Journey to a Shorter Working Week Gudmundur D. Haraldsson, a researcher at Alda: The Icelandic shorter working week journey tells us that not only is it possible to work less in modern …
Iceland’s shorter working week has been a huge success – and it’s ...
Nov 22, 2024 · This change started in 2019 in response to campaigning by some of our biggest unions and following the success of trials that involved more than 1% of Iceland’s working population. As a …
Iceland embraced a shorter work week. Here's how it turned out
Iceland's economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay, according to new research.
How’s Iceland’s 4-Day Work Week Working? ‘Incredibly Well,’ Study Says
Oct 27, 2024 · Iceland's economy grew more than all but one other rich European nation and its workers reported higher well-being, lower stress, and better work-life balance after the country reduced its …
In light of this growing interest in shorter working hours, the ability to draw on evidence from existing trials of a ‘four-day week’ or similar schemes will become increasingly important for supportive …
Shorter Week for Same Pay Means Happier, Healthier Workers
Jul 9, 2021 · The study, called “ Going Public: Iceland’s Journey to a Shorter Working Week,” analyses findings from a series of trials conducted by the City of Reykjavík from 2014-19 and the Icelandic …
GOING PUBLIC: ICELAND’S JOURNEY TO A SHORTER WORKING WEEK June 2021 Authors Guðmundur D. Haraldsson Jack Kellam Alda, Association for Democracy and Sustainability, is an …