--- description: Find out why 4 Day Week Global was selected for the list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: 4 Day Week Global image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt736712731da28b01/698a3dbc22fb8599c2e2ec07/time100-companies-4-Day-Week-Global-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 21, 2023 # 4 Day Week Global Work-life rebalance by Jeremy Gantz  4 Day Week Global runs pilot programs that enable businesses to try out reduced working hours. 4 Day Week Global runs pilot programs that enable businesses to try out reduced working hours.Getty Images The Monday-to-Friday grind is outdated, argues the nonprofit behind a raft of studies of what happens when workers drop a day without losing pay. Productivity doesn’t fall, says CEO Dale Whelehan, because rested people perform better. During a six-month pilot last year, attrition went down and revenues held; 92% of participating businesses said they’d stick with the schedule. The group’s studies also inspired legislation: an Australian Senate committee called for its govern­ment to back a trial, and in March U.S. Congressman Mark Takano reintroduced a 32-hour-workweek bill. Future research will focus on implications for sustainability, equity, and civic participation, says Whelehan: “We’ve only scratched the surface.” _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285140/4-day-week-global/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285140/4-day-week-global/"},"headline":"4 Day Week Global","datePublished":"2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:15:32.598Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285140/4-day-week-global/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt736712731da28b01/698a3dbc22fb8599c2e2ec07/time100-companies-4-Day-Week-Global-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeremy Gantz","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jeremy-gantz/"}],"creator":"Jeremy Gantz","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt736712731da28b01/698a3dbc22fb8599c2e2ec07/time100-companies-4-Day-Week-Global-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285140/4-day-week-global/","name":"4 Day Week Global"}}]}] ```