Better world: Take Friday off… forever - 15 September 2009 - New Scientist
Not everyone will like the idea of working longer days or taking a pay cut in exchange for a 3-day weekend, but it appears most do. Rex Facer at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, questioned 151 human resources directors working for large cities across the US. Where city employees had been offered flexitime or 4/10 regimes, 64 per cent said the alternative work schedule improved morale, and 41 per cent said it improved productivity - though 9 per cent said the opposite.
