From Dedication To Medication?

Regus Work your way From dedication to medication? - THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF OVERWORK Stress from overwork is fast becoming the main cause of long-term sickness across the globe. Overwork and long working hours can lead to serious health threats, with 67% of those who work 11 hours or more a day likely to suffer a heart attack. Stress and overwork is also linked to alcohol abuse, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure and depression. - GLOBAL WORKING HOURS Workers with a working day longer than 11 hours 0-10% 11-20% 21-30% 31-40% - OVERWORK FACTS DENMARK Those who work 3 hours of UNITED KINGDOM MEXICO JAPAN Civil servants that work more Mexico has introduced the Karoshi is the Japanese than 10 hours a day are 60% more likely to get a heart attack than people who work just 7 hours a day. overtime had higher rates of death from a coronary attack. Workplace Wellness Council an innovative strategy in name for the cultural phenomenon of death by overwork. response to national health issues due to overwork. - TAKING WORK HOME Workers taking work home more than 3 times a week 0-20% 21-40% 41-60% 61-80% - SMALL VS. LARGE 43% of UK workers take work home more than 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. three times a week. Just 5% of Chinese workers work a 60 hour week. 56% of USA employees take home vs. work more than three times a week. Brazilian workers are the most likely to work a 60 hour week (17%). Small business workers who work a 60 hour week Large business workers who work a 60 hour week 53% of Indian remote workers take work home more than three times a week. 14% of French 11% 9% workers work a 60 hour week. Small business workers who take work home 3 times a week Large business workers who take work home 3 times a week - TOP 5 CAUSES OF STRESS 1. Workloads 2. Management style 3. Work relationship 4. Organisational restructuring 5. Home family responsibilities 48% 28% GENDER BREAKDOWN - REMOTE WORKERS WOMENS' WORKING WEEK 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. vs. Remote workers who work a 50 hour week Traditional workers who work a 50 hour week 41% 34% 5% of women work a 60 hour week 30% of women work a 50 hour week Remote workers taking work home 3 times a week Traditional workers taking work home 3 times a week MENS' WORKING WEEK 59% 26% - REFERENCES • www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2011/08/23/is-stress-from-overwork-wrecking-your-heart • www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_WorkplaceWellnessAlliance_Brochure_2011.pdf (Word Economic Forum paper The Workplace Wellness Alliance) 12% of men work a 60 hour week Download the full white paper entitled From dedication 41% of men work a 50 hour week to medication?' at www.regus.presscentre.com