'BEGINNING OF A TREND': More Ontario municipalities show interest in 4-day work week

Zorra Township, a rural municipality at the northwest corner of Oxford County in southwestern Ontario, began scheduling staff to work four days a week more than a year ago. Several other rural municipalities in southern Ontario have since followed suit.

“Another factor is it is challenging for small, rural places to attract good talent and they’re always looking for new and innovative ways to win that battle.” “In other words, the office was open for five more hours a week and it worked really, really well,” Danielsen said. “We’ve seen it in Iceland, we’ve seen it in some places in the U.K., we’ve seen it in some places in the United States,” he said.

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