Month: July 2021

The world’s largest-ever trial of a four-day workweek and reduced work time in Iceland was an “overwhelming success.” The pilot program cut the workweek to 35-36 hours with no reduction in overall pay. Analysis of the test found that the 2,500 people who took part had boosted productivity and well-being. Across all of the workplaces, stress and burnout decreased while health and work-life balance improved.

A mom in Maine said she found drugs inside her son’s Happy Meal from a McDonald’s drive-through (in Auburn). She found four packets of Suboxone. The woman said she had never heard of Suboxone but quickly did an online search and learned it’s a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction. She said she didn’t discover the drugs until she had left McDonald’s. She was checking the box for the […]