Employees are looking for increased flexibility in the workplace and various employers now offer options to staff that include some work-at-home days. But how did the whole idea of shorter work weeks start? Well, as long ago as half a century, workers began musing about what it would be like for the five-day work week to become a four-day work week. A more recent article (found below) from the Washington Post notes, “people want more flexible work times and office rules.” For some, that means a four-day work week — a concept that the Kellogg’s cereal company pioneered in the 1930s. The following two Calgary newspaper articles show the idea was on the rise in the 1970s. Read More