Long hours at the office could be killing you – the case for a shorter working week

Shainaz Firfiray

Long hours at the office could be killing you – the case for a shorter working week

Business Management

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Abstract

UK employees have the longest working week compared to other workers in the European Union. But, despite the long hours, recent studies have shown this does not make the UK a more productive nation.

An analysis by the Trade Union Congress on working hours and productivity found that, while UK full-time staff worked almost two hours more than the EU average, they were not as productive as staff in Denmark who worked fewer hours in the average week.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation UK
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2019

Keywords

Work
Stress
Heart attack
Health
long hours
Business
Working
work life
unhappiness
Presenteeism

UN SDGs

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Long hours at the office could be killing you – the case for a shorter working week

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