Possible Broad Impacts of Long Work Hours

The paper summarizes research linking long work hours to a wide range of risks to workers, families, employers, and the community. The risks are theorized to stem from less time to recover from work, longer exposure to workplace hazards, and less time to attend to non-work responsibilities. Risks to...

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Published in:Industrial Health 2006, Vol.44(4), pp.531-536
Main Author: CARUSO, Claire C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Occupational - psychology
Humans
Internship and Residency
Job stress
Occupational diseases
Occupational Diseases - psychology
Occupational Exposure
Occupational Health
Occupational injuries
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Risk Assessment
Sleep
Sleep Deprivation
Stress, Psychological
Work hours
Work schedule
Work Schedule Tolerance
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Summary:The paper summarizes research linking long work hours to a wide range of risks to workers, families, employers, and the community. The risks are theorized to stem from less time to recover from work, longer exposure to workplace hazards, and less time to attend to non-work responsibilities. Risks to workers include sleep deprivation, poor recovery from work, decrements in neuro-cognitive and physiological functioning, illnesses, adverse reproductive outcomes, and injuries. Risks to families include delayed marriages and child bearing, and obesity in children. Risks to employers include reduced productivity and increases in workers errors. Mistakes by fatigued workers have broad reaching impacts to the community: medical errors, automobile crashes with other drivers on the road, and industrial disasters that damage the environment.
ISSN:0019-8366
1880-8026
DOI:10.2486/indhealth.44.531