Work From Home: WHO Reveals, Working Over 55 Hours In Week Can Lose Life, Increasing Stress


Posted on 17th May 2021 05:35 pm by rohit kumar

Due to the outbreak of the second wave of the Coronavirus, a lockdown is in place in all parts of the country. In such a situation, lakhs of employees working in all the companies are working from their home instead of the office. In the office where he used to shift for 6 to 8 hours, but now this time has almost doubled. Working long hours is proving dangerous for health. Recently, the World Health Organization has released a report about this. Research by WHO scientists have revealed that millions of people are dying due to prolonged work.

 

While presenting data on Monday, WHO said that working longer than work hours is killing thousands of people in a year and this has intensified during the Covid epidemic. The WHO report states that during the epidemic, the stress of workers with work from home is constantly increasing and they are risking their lives. If you keep your eyes on the laptop for a long time, then it is important to read this news. Let's know how the lives of millions of people who are at risk of working too long.

 

Increased stroke and heart disease cases due to working hours

 

The world's first research has been published in the Environment International Journal about the life of long-term workers. It has been reported that in the year 2016, due to long working hours, the figures for stroke and heart disease were seen to increase significantly, which led to the loss of 7.45 lakh people worldwide. This number was almost 30 percent higher than in 2000.

 

Most killed men

 

Maria Neira, director of the WHO's Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, said, 'According to research, working 55 hours or more every week is a serious health hazard. Can be made.' He said that through the information received from the research, we want to save the lives of those workers, who are still engaged in work for a long time.

 

People here are facing the most side effects

 

This joint research by the WHO and the International Labor Organization is based on data from a total of 194 countries. Data from the years 2000 to 2016 have been collected in the study.

 

It said that 35 percent of those who worked for 55 hours or more died of a stroke, and 17 percent of their lives were at risk, compared to those who worked 35-40 hours a week.

 

Employees in China, Japan, and Australia are most affected by the long-term side effects. Research has revealed that the majority of the deaths are from people in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific.

 

Increasing stress

 

The World Health Organization has said that it is very important to improve the trend of working more than 55 hours in a week. WHO chief Tedros Adnom Ghebresius said that during the epidemic, an estimated 9 percent of people are working long hours. In such people, the symptoms of stress diseases have increased considerably.

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