Sunday, July 24, 2016

More work makes you sick: Danish study...

The busier one is at work, the more likely their health is to suffer.

That’s the conclusion of a new major Danish-American study reported on by Politiken newspaper on Friday.

In what was described as the largest study of its kind to date, an economics professor at the University of Copenhagen and two colleagues from Purdue University found that when Danish production companies enjoy an uptick in business, their employees pay for it with their well-being.

The researchers said that when a production company increases its exports by ten percent and employees are made to work extra hours to carry the load, the workers suffer more illness and injuries.

 This is particularly true for female employees, professor Roland Munch told The Local on Friday. Full story...

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