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This latest global business survey from Regus shows
that for most workers the working day now extends
well beyond the assumed eight hours. The report
highlights the need for businesses to make sure
workload does not become work-overload in the
quest for improved productivity, damaging employees’
physical and mental health.
Over two fifths of workers take work home on more than three separate occasions
during the working week, blurring the line between work-time and personal-time.
On the other hand, remote workers appear to be substituting commuting time for
additional working time, increasing productivity without damaging their home life.
The survey also analysed which types of workers were most likely to suffer from
over-work and which were more able to manage their time and carve out a suitable
space to devote to personal life and interest. Women, more likely to be part-time
or flexible workers, usually manage to work shorter hours than men, while remote
workers tend to work longer than employees that have work from a fixed office
location, suggesting that the benefit of a shorter commute often translates into
higher productivity. In addition to this, smaller businesses tend to work longer hours,
probably motivated by the high impact that just one employee may have on the
success of the whole team.