Long working hours kill.

[MikeH]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12961179

Working more than 11 hours a day rather than the usual 9am to 5pm markedly increases heart disease risk, say UK experts.

The magnitude of risk goes up by 67% for people who work long hours, they say in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The University College London team base their findings on over 7,000 civil service employees whose health they have been tracking since 1985.

They suggest GPs should now be asking their patients about working hours.

Poor KH.

[Aeson]

This doesn't apply to those in finance, as they don't have hearts.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

[KrazyHorse]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12961179



Poor KH.

I think we all already knew this. I don't plan to work a day past 50.

[KrazyHorse]

Also, where in the world did they find a sample of civil servants who work 11 hour days?

[Wezil]

Good point.

[MikeH]

I think we all already knew this. I don't plan to work a day past 50.

'cause you'll be dead?

[MikeH]

Also, where in the world did they find a sample of civil servants who work 11 hour days?

UK! Long working hours culture.

[KrazyHorse]

yeah, right.

[Wezil]

"Pull the other one, it has bells on it."

[OneFootInTheGrave]

UK! Long working hours culture.

[MikeH]

Google it.

x

[MikeH]

We still have by far the longest working hours in Europe. When they introduced the European Working Time directive we explicitly asked for an opt out clause. And there were tons of doom and gloom articles about how it would spell the end to British long working hours culture. Seriously.

As if people want to work longer hours.

[KrazyHorse]

Google it.

x

Uh, yeah. As I said,

http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS

[KrazyHorse]

We still have by far the longest working hours in Europe.

Blatantly false.