Industry intelligence for people leaders

ISSUE NO. 39 · WEEK 40, 2026

HR Leadership Weekly

Industry intelligence for people leaders

Section archive

Tag: Work-Life Balance

  • Employee Retention in 2026: The Data Shows It’s Not About Pay — Here’s What Matters

    Employee retention had become the single most pressing challenge for organizations in 2026, with voluntary turnover rates hovering at 2.4% monthly — significantly above the pre-pandemic level of 1.6%. But a comprehensive analysis of retention data from 2,000+ companies revealed that compensation,…

  • June 2025 The Four-Day Workweek Experiment: Six Months of Data

    By June 2025, six months had passed since the largest coordinated four-day workweek trial began. The 30-company, 6,000-employee pilot — organized by 4 Day Week Global and academic partners from Cambridge and Boston University — was producing the most rigorous data yet…

  • The Four-Day Workweek Experiment: What the 2025 Data Shows After 18 Months

    By June 2025, the four-day workweek had moved from startup curiosity to mainstream corporate experimentation. What began as small-scale pilots in 2022 and 2023 had grown into coordinated, multi-company trials involving thousands of organizations across 30 countries. The latest wave of results…