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Source: Huffington Post
Want a Healthy Life?
Engineers, Don’t Work
Over 39 Hours a Week
P
utting extra time at work may yield you
good impressions at work, but be wary that
this may harm your health in the long term.
This is what a new research by the Australian
National University has found, saying that people
who work more than 39 hours a week are putting
their health at risk.
A study like this hits close to engineers as we are
usually overworked and yet underpaid. Contrary
to the international limit set about 80 years
ago which is 48 hours per week, this research
drastically reduces the number of work hours.
That is if you are after going a healthy life.
The research involved 8,000 Australian adults,
conducted as part of the Household, Income and
Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.
Two in three Australians in full-time employment
worked more than 40 hours a week, with long
hours a bigger problem for women who do more
unpaid work at home, according to Dr Huong
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Dinh, lead researcher from the ANU R esearch
School of Population Health. “Long work hours
erode a person’s mental and physical health,
because it leaves less time to eat well and look
after themselves properly,” he says.
If considering other commitments of women, Dr
Dinh tells that the previously set limit for healthy
work is at 34 hours per week. For men, it was 47
hours a week because of the lesser involvement
on care or domestic work compared to women.
Dr Dinh adds, “Despite the fact that women
on average are as skilled as men, women on
average have lower paid jobs and less autonomy
than men, and they spend much more time on
care and domestic work.”no matter what it is.
He goes on to say that given the extra demands
placed on women, it’s impossible for women to
work long hours often expected by employers
unless they compromise their health.