IL HR0635

Urges Illinois to establish a pilot program promoting and incentivizing 4-day, 32-hour workweeks for qualifying employers, with studies on the effects for participating employees and employers

Calls for a separate pilot program implementing 4-day workweeks specifically for State of Illinois employees

Cites that 97% of American and Canadian companies that tried the 4-day workweek chose to continue it for at least one year, with improved revenue and reduced resignation and absenteeism rates

References 400% increase in American productivity since 1950 while individual working hours have remained constant, arguing productivity gains should result in less work

Highlights potential benefits including reduced employee burnout, improved gender equity by reducing unequal burden of unpaid labor, and positioning Illinois as a national leader on workplace issues