The largest four-day workweek trial in history is underway. The UK pilot program, which is slated to last six months, spans seven companies and involves 3,300 workers from the service industry to financial institutions. The program’s parameters are simple: Workers will receive 100 percent of their pay working only 80 percent of their regular hours while promising to maintain 100 percent of their productivity. “As we emerge from the pandemic, more and more companies are recognizing that the new frontier for competition is quality of life, and that reduced-hour, output-focused working is the vehicle to give them a competitive edge,” said Joe O’Connor, CEO of 4 Day Week Global, said in a statement, adding that workers across the globe have proven they can work both “shorter” and “smarter.” Once the trial has concluded, researchers will measure the overall impact the four-day workweek had on a variety of criteria including environmental impacts, worker well-being, gender equality, and productivity levels.