Belgium Is The Latest Country To Join The Four-Day Workweek

To enhance the quality of the lives of Belgium workers, the European country previously announced that thousands of federal civil servants will no longer have to answer calls or emails from their bosses outside of working hours. Around 65,000 government workers earned “the right to disconnect," in hopes of leading a better work-life balance.

Now, in another employee-empowerment policy, workers in Belgium will be entitled to a four-day workweek.

In addition to Belgium, here are other countries that are piloting a four-day workweek: Scotland, Spain, Japan, Iceland—and maybe the U.S.