Rethink Work

Changing how we think about work

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  • faviconOscar Wilde: A great deal of nonsense is being written and talked nowadays about the dignity of manual labour; there is nothing necessarily dignified about manual labour at all, and most of it is absolutely degrading [1891]
    In: Good life    
    Topics: Leisure   
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    Source: Various    

  • faviconGuaranteed income helps people leaving jail and prison, and that helps everyone — Guaranteed income is an efficient way to help people succeed in reentry, reducing recidivism and quickly paying for itself [2026]
    In: Good life    
    Topics: UBI   
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    Country: US   
    Source: Various    

  • favicon4-day workweek advocates gain momentum as new study reveals 5th day is basically useless — Data aside, what workers want is enough time to be human beings outside of their jobs [2026]
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: 4 Day Week   
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    Source: Various    

  • faviconIreland announces new scheme providing basic income for artists — The research revealed that participants in the pilot project showed greater professional autonomy and capacity for creative work, as well as less anxiety and  higher life satisfaction [2026]
    In: Good life    
    Topics: UBI   
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    Country: IE   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconSan Juan County decides to keep 32-hour work week, citing major gains — The shift saved the county nearly $2 million in projected cost-of-living expenses that wouldn’t otherwise be available with the traditional 40-hour model [2026]
    In: Democracy & Power    
    Topics: 4 Day Week   
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    Country: US   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconPre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today’s — One of capitalism’s most durable myths is that it has reduced human toil. This myth is typically defended by a comparison of the modern forty-hour week with its seventy- or eighty-hour counterpart in the nineteenth century [1991]
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: Leisure, Research, Workism   
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    Source: Various    

  • faviconGen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job loss — A larger proportion of Gen X are susceptible to hard falls than their predecessors. This demands a structural solution and a universal basic income might be the answer [2025]
    In: Predatory capitalism    
    Topics: UBI   
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    Country: US   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconTech workers’ fight for living wages and a 32-hour workweek is a battle for all — The history of the labor movement shows that employers will never relent in even minor skirmishes, because they understand that working-class victories of any magnitude raise the morale of workers to win even more [2025]
    In: Democracy & Power    
    Topics: 4 Day Week, Technofeudalism   
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    Country: US   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconElectronically monitoring your employees? It’s impacting their mental health — Results show 45% of those monitored report their workplaces have a negative impact on their mental health compared with 29% who are not monitored [2023]
    In: Democracy & Power    
    Topics: Technofeudalism   
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    Country: US   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconIceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019: nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made have come true — Iceland’s success proves that their predictions were far from utopian, and that a profound change in our relationship with work is not only possible, but desirable [2025]
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: 4 Day Week   
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    Country: IS   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconNew research on work time reduction via a four-day week finds improvements in workers’ well-being [2025]
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: 4 Day Week, Research   
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    Source: Various    

  • faviconPM Anthony Albanese flags support for working from home as figures reveal five days in office costs workers $5000 per year — saying he will champion the Australian worker’s right to WFH policies which he said help ease traffic congestion, benefit women and boost rural and regional areas [2025]
    In: Democracy & Power    
    Topics: Remote Working   
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    Country: AU   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconIceland Embraced a 4-Day Workweek in 2019 – Now, Nearly Six Years On, All Gen Z Forecasts Have Materialized — With more time for leisure, family, and friends, the stress associated with rigid work schedules has decreased, and overall happiness has increased [2025]
    In: Good life    
    Topics: 4 Day Week   
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    Country: IS   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconDemanding employees turn on their webcams is a human rights violation, Dutch Court rules; in addition, it rules that the company needs to pay the employee’s wages, unused vacation days, and a number of other costs as well [2022]
    In: Predatory capitalism    
    Topics: Technofeudalism, Worker Rights   
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    Country: NL   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconCounty workers wanted a pay hike, but got a 4-day workweek instead, saving the county ~$1 million, increasing job applications by 85%, decreasing turnover rates by 43%, and having a positive effect on employee happiness [2025]
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: 4 Day Week   
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    Country: US   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconThis Job Is (Literally) Killing Me: A Moderated-Mediated Model Linking Work Characteristics to Mortality — When job demands are greater than the control afforded by the job or the individual’s ability to deal with those demands, there is a deterioration of the individual’s mental health and, accordingly, an increased likelihood of death (PDF) [2020]
    In: Good life    
    Topics: Mental Health, Research   
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    Source: Various    

  • faviconReduced working hours and work-life balance — Swedish study shows more positive relationship with work, colleagues, family, and clients, as well as more time allocated to friendships and romantic partners, and having access to more sources of formal and informal social support [2020]
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: 4 Day Week, Research   
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    Country: SE   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconThe Four-Day Week research from the Henley Business School — Too good to be true? Not according to this research. Surveying 500 businesses and 2000 employees, the report explores the benefits of working fewer days to both organisations and workers [2023]
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: 4 Day Week, Research   
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    Country: UK   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconWork less, pollute less — Reducing working hours would give people more spare time, lead to a fairer distribution of labour and wealth, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. But this bold vision is too frightening for some [2021]
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: 4 Day Week   
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    Country: FR   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconAmericans Work Hundreds of Hours More a Year Than Europeans — In developing countries, workers are putting in these long hours because wages are low and they’re trying to make ends meet, the report says
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: Research   
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    Country: US   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconThe humanizing power of worker-owned cooperatives — Applying principles from the Mondragon cooperative in Spain, Co-Op Cincy’s network reinforces that cooperatives are not just good for people and the planet, they are good for business [2024]
    In: Democracy & Power    
    Topics: How to be Human, Worker Ownership   
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    Country: US   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconIndependent analysis of the South Cambridgeshire District Council’s four-day week trial shows that it was a clear success; higher employee commitment and reduced turnover, better mental & physical health and motivation, all while it continued to deliver the same quality of services [2024]
    In: Working hours    
    Topics: 4 Day Week, Research   
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    Country: UK   
    Source: Various    

  • faviconClassical Music’s Burnout Addiction: The unhealthy practices in music education that prime young musicians for failure from the beginning – particularly the belief that burnout-inducing schedules offer an accurate representation of the professional world, to see if they’ll crack under the pressure [2023]
    In: Good life    
    Topics: Mental Health   
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    Source: Various    

  • faviconBurnout culture is deeply rooted in our belief that work is “a means not just to a paycheck but to dignity, character, and a sense of purpose”. Burnout culture has persisted because we cherish these ideals about work. We fear losing the meaning that work promises [2022]
    In: Good life    
    Topics: Workism   
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    Source: Various