A 2012 review of 50 years of research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that a...
Originally shared by Alex Ruiz
A 2012 review of 50 years of research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that a ten-hour-or-more workday increased the risk of coronary heart risk by 80%, in both sexes.
http://qz.com/485226/this-is-what-365-days-without-a-vacation-does-to-your-health/
A 2012 review of 50 years of research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that a ten-hour-or-more workday increased the risk of coronary heart risk by 80%, in both sexes.
http://qz.com/485226/this-is-what-365-days-without-a-vacation-does-to-your-health/
Note: they speak of a 55 hour workweek, not 10 hour days as such.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I prefer four 10 hour days to five 8 hour days, and I know many others who like the three day weekends. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to get a company to go along with that schedule - as soon as they make a 10 hour day normal, they want to cram in 5 or 6 of them every week. It is frustrating to see how resistant employers can be, when the data for capping working hours under normal conditions at about 40 hours is not only clear and compelling, but has been so for over a century.
To be clear: not only is it in the interest of employees to cap regular working hours at around 40, but it is in the interest of employers as well. Specifically, overall productivity declines after about 55 hours - which is to say, employees working 56 hours per week will produce less than those who work 54 hours - not just less per hour, but less per week.
Nothing wrong with occasional overtime, of course. In many industries it is needed as workloads vary throughout the year - but making overtime standard means there is little room for increasing production during crunch time.