Long work hours are sickening: no matter what kind of job you have.
Working long hours drives up the risk on injury and illness, reveals a study in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. And the risk has nothing to do with how hazardous the job is.
After adjusting age, gender, type of industry, and job, researchers concluded that employees
The more hours worked, the greater the risk. Further analysis indicated that the increased risks were not merely the result of demanding work schedules being concentrated in inherently riskier industries or jobs.
The authors say their findings back up the theory that long working hours indirectly precipitate workplace accidents by inducing fatigue and stress.
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