Working time, efficiency of the economy and workers’ well-being: a shorter working week, leave and other challenges and opportunities for the organisation of work and working conditions - Related links

European Commission

• REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE Report on the implementation by Member States of Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time, COM/2023/72 final

• Communication from the Commission Interpretative Communication on Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time 2023/C 109/01, C/2023/969, OJ C 109, 24.3.2023, p. 1–68

Others

• Eurofound - Working time reduction with a focus on the four-day week: Literature review
• Eurofound - Working time in 2021–2022
• European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) - Working time. Examples from some countries:  A new look at working time, Working towards the four-day week, Growing Europe-wide demand for four-day week
• BusinessEurope - Position paper - Working time flexibility - a BusinessEurope policy orientation note
• European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) - Research paper - Friday on my mind - Working time in the manufacturing sector
• European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) - Negotiating working time reduction
• International Labour Organization (ILO) - Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World
• World Economic Forum - Four-day work week trial in Spain leads to healthier workers, less pollution
• Autonomy - Making It Stick: The UK Four-Day Week Pilot One Year On
• Indeed Employers - Shortening the Workweek: Pros and Cons
• TIME - What It’s Really Like to Have a 4-Day Workweek
• Forbes - A Psychologist Explores The ‘Shorter Workweek Paradox’
• Healthline - Employee Health: How 4-Day Workweeks Can Improve Well-Being and Boost Productivity
• ADECCO Group - The Advantages and Disadvantages Of The Four-Day Work Week
• Taylor & Francis - Coping with stressful situations in social work before and after reduced working hours, a mixed-methods study
• Industrial relations - The employment effects of working time reductions: Sector-level evidence from European reforms
• emerald insight - The promise of a four-day week? A critical appraisal of a management-led initiative
• SocArXiv Papers - Does work time reduction improve workers' well-being? Evidence from global four-day workweek trials