Are Long Work Weeks Leading to More Workplace Injuries?
1. Are Long Work Weeks
Leading To More Workplace Injuries?
PRESENTEDBY:
2. An extra day of work each week: Despiteallof the talkaboutthe importanceof
obtaininga healthywork/lifebalance,Americanscontinue to put in longhours,
averaging47hours per week,accordingto a recent Gallupsurvey.
Average Hours Worked by Full-Time U.S. Workers, Aged 18+
In a typical week, how many hours do you work?
%
60+ hours 18
50 to 59 hours 21
41 to 49 hours 11
40 hours 42
Less than 40 hours 8
Employed Full-Time
Based on Gallup data from the 2013 and 2014 Work and Education polls, conducted in August each year.
GALLUP
3. More work means more stress:
A whopping 83 percent of U.S. workers report
feeling stressed by their job.
4. The Top 5 Workplace Stress Producers
Source: 2013 Work Stress Survey by Harris Interactive
http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2013/04/09/536945/10027728/en/Workplace-Stress-on-the-Rise-With-83-of-Americans-
Frazzled-by-Something-at-Work.html
Stagnating Pay 14%
Unreasonable Workload 14%
Commuting 11%
Annoying Co-Workers 11%
Work That Is Not A Chosen Career 8%
5. The relationship between stressand workplace injuries:
A 2015 study by Harvard Business School and
Stanford’s Graduate School of Business found
that workplace stress contributes to at least
120,000 deaths each year and $190 billion in
annual health care expenses.
6. Source: 2015 Stanford-Harvard Business School meta analysis of 228 studies
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/why-your-workplace-might-be-killing-you
Highly demanding jobs increased the odds
of a physician-diagnosed illness.
Job insecurity increased the odds of
reporting poor health by 50%.
Lack of health care is the biggest stressor.
by 35%
7. What can employees do?
“Employeesneedto understand thatgoingto placeswherethey experiencework-
familyconflicts,longwork hours, economic insecurity, and don’t getaccess to health
insuranceis more than justsomethingthat’s inconvenient.This is somethingthat
actuallyaffectstheirwellbeingin a deepand profoundway.They ought to take these
factorsinto account as they selecttheir jobs.”
–- Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor of organizational behavior, Stanford University
8. What can employers do?
“Employerswho areconcerned abouthealthcarecosts should worry alot
aboutthe work environment.At the moment, employersworry mostly about
individualdecisions – eating,exercise,smoking,drinking andthings like that –
orthey worry about broadsocialpolicy issues.A lot oftheir excessivehealth
carecosts comefrom whathappensto peopleevery day in the work
environment…thingsthat employerscouldfixif they wanted to.”
–- Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor of organizational behavior, Stanford University
10. While most employers remain tied to the 40-hour workweek, some
are experimenting with alternative plans and reduced hours.
Amazon launched a pilot program in August 2016
that allows employees in some departments to
work 30-hour weeks for 75 percent of their salary
and retain full benefits.
San Diego-based Tower Paddle Boards cut its
workday from eight hours to five (employees skip
lunch). In the first year of the program, the
company’s revenue rose 42 percent.