Management and monitoring of working hours can help improve the employees’ life expectancy, research finds

Monitoring employees’ working hours and ensuring that they are maintained within reasonable limits can actually help improve their life expectancy, data from the World Health Organization (WHO) has been able to suggest.

The WHO report suggests that countries with a high life expectancy between 82.2 and 84.2 years work an average of 40.7 hours per week, compared to the average 42.6 hour worked by countries with lifespans between 52.9 and 59.8.

Although the recommended maximum duration of a working week is 48 hours, the research shows that working more than 40 can take up to two years off your life. If employees were to work for 48 hours per week, their life expectancy could be shortened by almost 10 years overall.

The global average time spent at work according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is 33 hours per week, while the average life expectancy for OECD countries is 80.6. The countries with the lowest life expectancies exceed the global average working week by an average 9 hours.

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