End of the 5-day workweek? Some states consider legislation making 4-day workweeks more common

Stay-at-home orders issued at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic gave millions of workers their first taste of flexible work arrangements — and some employers discovered that less can me more. 

Now, there is growing interest among state legislatures — and even Congress — to give employers a chance to try out a four-day workweek. A CBS News review found that at least half a dozen states, to varying degrees, are considering legislation to make four-day workweeks more common.  

Among those states is Maryland, where lawmakers recently introduced a bill proposing a pilot program "for the purpose of promoting, incentivizing, and supporting the experimentation and study of the use of a 4-day workweek by private and public employers." It would allow some employers that participate to claim a tax credit.