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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Long working hours are a killer, WHO study shows

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=compare with the '996' work culture in China [9am to 9pm 6 days a week]

=with an average of 45 working hours per week, Singapore was ranked #2 behind only to Japan, in a global ranking in 2019 of the nations with the longest working hours, .

Working 55 hours or more per week is a serious health hazard

Capping hours would be beneficial for employers since that has been shown to increase worker productivity

Qns: 

1. ‘People today do not work as hard as they did in the past.’ How true is this of your society? (Cam. 2018)

2. Consider the view that we do not take enough responsibility for our own well-being. (Cam. 2018)