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4 Day Work Week: A moment or a movement?

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Last week San Juan County made a big splash when it announced it would move most of its employees to a 4 day, 32 hour week. The move is supposed to help the county's bottom line and employee health…

A new Bankrate study found that 81 percent of workers support a four-day work week.

KUOW’s Labor and Economy reporter Monica Nickelsburg is here to give us some insight into what’s going on and how viable this work model might be for the rest of us.

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