Four-day work week here to stay, Ontario organizations say after trials The COVID-19 pandemic inspired change in the world of work. Forcing people to work from home, it showed that traditional office models aren’t the only way to get things done. In Canada and across the world post-pandemic, workers are demanding flexibility about where they work and when, and many employers responded to that. To many people’s delight and surprise, some employers in Ontario adopted four-day work weeks, a phenomena now being taken up seriously across the globe. The U.K. recently implemented the world’s biggest four-day work week program, allowing thousands of workers to start the program with no cut to their pay. “What employees and individuals have learned over the past few years has completely re-envisioned what work life balance means to them,” said Michael Halinski, an associate professor of organizational behaviour at Toronto Metropolitan University. “The four-day work week, it’s just an...