Doctors say that due to stress in the corporate sector, the employees have to suffer the most. Stress is the biggest killer. Due to stress, most diseases arise in the body.
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In one study, researchers found that companies were more likely to report a four-day than a five-day period. working schedule more interested in continuing. None of the 33 companies that participated in the study are re-implementing the standard five working days. Participating organizations saw modest reductions in absenteeism and turnover, while increasing profits and employee productivity. The study found that employees participating in the 4-day working program are more interested in coming to the office to complete work instead of working from home.
Juliet Schor, the lead researcher of this study, is an economist and sociologist at Boston College. He said, ‘This is necessary because the two-day weekend is not working for the people. For this study, Juliet Schor partnered with scholars at University College Dublin and the University of Cambridge. According to him, ‘We have examples of workweek in many countries which was implemented in 1938, but it does not match the contemporary life. For the well-being of those who have jobs, it is important that we pay attention to the structure of the work week.
Determination of working days in the week
Delhi-based Senior Neurologist and Psychiatrist Dr. Sanjay Chugh told News9 that any company is called good only when the mental health of the employees working there is good. Everyone knows that due to stress in the corporate sector, the employees have to suffer the most. Stress is the biggest killer. Most of the diseases arise in people due to stress.
He further said, ‘When any company tries to reduce the mental stress of its employees, it always gives very favorable results. So after implementing 4-work week, probably employees will work extra hours to make ends meet thinking about 3 days off in a week.
By getting more freedom and time in the working structure, the employees will also develop a sense of responsibility and gratitude towards the company.
This change in companies resulted in improvements in everything from productivity to well-being and fatigue. The findings come at a time when businesses and their employees are struggling to recover from the pandemic, with high rates of burnout, stress and fatigue.
According to the study, ‘good results are important enough to make more than the modest efforts made to engage in change.’ 97 percent of the companies participating in the study were in favor of continuing the working schedule of four days a week, while the employees reported less work stress. Decreased symptoms of burnout, stress, and fatigue were also observed, along with a reduction in sleep problems.
Dr Chugh said, ‘This step should have a huge positive impact.’
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According to the study, employees started exercising 24 minutes more in a week. Due to this, the health of the employees improved which was according to the suggestion of the World Health Organisation.
Experts caution that changing lifestyles are a major reason for deadly non-communicable diseases. Dr. Mukesh Goyal, Senior Consultant, Cardiovascular Surgery at Apollo Hospital, Delhi told News9, ‘The changing lifestyle of people is the main reason behind the increasing risk of heart attack in youth at an early age. The habit of smoking and alcohol consumption among the youth poses major health risks. Apart from this, due to inactive lifestyle, increasing stress and change in diet, the risk of heart attack arises which becomes a major cause of death.
Aerobic exercise can reduce the risk of metastatic cancer by 72 per cent, says a new study published in the prestigious journal ‘Cancer Research’ and selected for the cover of November 2022. Researchers claim that intense aerobic exercise can increase the amount of glucose used by internal organs, which reduces the amount of energy available to tumors.
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