Spotlight A 32-hour workweek with 40-hour pay? It's happening at some US companies By Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times Dec 26, 2022 Dec 26, 2022 × Four day work weeks are proving to be successful! Could this soon be the new model? Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Video game makers in Kentucky are cranking four days a week on a new title based on the classic slasher movie "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."kAm%96 EH:DEn (@C<6CD >2<:?8 E96 9@CC@C 82>6 2C6 86EE:?8 A2:5 E96 D2>6 D2=2C:6D E96J FD65 E@ 86E 7@C H@C<:?8 7:G6 52JD 2 H66<]k^AmkAmpD 5:DCFAE:@?D E@ DE2?52C5 H@C<A=246 AC24E:46D 42FD65 3J E96 A2?56>:4 4@?E:?F6 E@ C:AA=6 E9C@F89 E96 64@?@>J[ D@>6 4@>A2?:6D 2C6 25@AE:?8 ba\9@FC H@C<H66<D 2E 7@C>6C=J c_\9@FC A2J E92E 67764E:G6=J >2<6 6G6CJ uC:52J 2 A2:5 9@=:52J]k^Am kAm%96 D9@CE6?65 H66< 92D 366? 2 H:??6C 7@C vF? x?E6C24E:G6[ r9:67 tI64FE:G6 (6D z6=E?6C D2:5[ 2D 6>A=@J66D DE2J 7@4FD65 E@ 4@>A=6E6 E96:C E2D<D @? 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