Wish You Were Here: Utah adopts four-day work week

In addition to great skiing, Utah now has a new attraction: a four-day workweek. Known as the “Working 4 Utah” initiative, about 17,000 of state’s 24,000 government workers will work only Monday through Thursday, effective the first week in August. Although government hours will be extended from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., offices will be closed Fridays, saving the state an estimated $3 million a year from turning off the lights heat and air conditioning in government buildings. State police officers, prison guards, court employees and workers at Utah’s public universities are not eligible for the four-day work week.

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