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Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg By Irina Anghel and Arianne Cohen +Follow February 21, 2023, 12:01 AM UTC Listen to this article 6:18 Share this article Copied Gift this article Subscriber Benefit Bloomberg subscribers can gift up to 5 articles a month for anyone to read, even non-subscribers! Learn more Subscribe Sign In Follow the authors @irinaanghel12 + Get alerts forIrina Anghel + Get alerts forArianne Cohen The largest-ever trial of the four-day work week found that most UK companies participating are not returning to the five-day standard, and a third are ready to make that change permanent. The study involved 61 organizations and about 2,900 workers who voluntarily adopted truncated work weeks from June to December 2022. Only three organizations decided to pause the experiment, and two are still considering shorter hours, data released Tuesday showed. 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