Memory loss, decreased ability to concentrate and speed of information processing, as well as efficiency and productivity, are some of the the consequences that it brings for a worker to work several hours.
(Rethink work hours to increase productivity?).
This follows from a working document of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Australiawhich also suggests that the optimal number of working hours per week is 25, which is equivalent to 3 working days and not five (48 hours), as is the case in most cases.
According to the study, it is evident that efficiency during a working day is limited to a few hours, which is why we must take advantage of that threshold to boost productivity.
On the other hand, according to an investigation of vouchercloudbased on a questionnaire given to hundreds of British employees, points out that 80% admitted not being productive throughout the day.
(Working day of 4 days: the good and the bad of the measure).
Reports indicate that, on average, employees reach their performance limit at 2 hours and 53 minutes.
Likewise, a second group confessed that in 65% of cases they were unable to perform their duties without distractions.
AWAY FROM THAT TIME
Despite the fact that these are not the only studies that talk about it and there is much evidence of the consequences that working long hours brings to productivity and the lives of workers, there are still few countries and companies that have reduced their working hours. .
one of the few is Netherlands Since 2000, a law has been in effect that allows employees to reduce hours and apply for part-time work. There it is common to work 4 days a week.
(Grupo Hada and its 4-day working day: ‘We want people to be happy’).
In Colombia, Grupo Hada recently reduced its work week to four days, (from Monday to Thursday).
However, under the theory of the British economist John Maynard Keynes, it is possible that technological advances, as well as the implementation of new work models, will lead to the average number of working hours, by 2030decrease to 15 hourssomething that in practice would seem something still very far away.
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