http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/01/uk-four-day-week-combat-stress-top-doctor
UK needs four-day week to combat stress, says top doctor Reducing working week from five days 'will help reduce stress, let families spend more time together and cut unemployment' One of Britain's leading doctors has called for the country to switch to a four-day week to help combat high levels of work-related stress, let people spend more time with their families or exercising, and reduce unemployment <http://www.theguardian.com/society/unemployment>. Bringing the standard working week down from five to four days would also help address medical conditions, such as high blood pressure and the mental ill-health associated with overwork or lack of work, Prof John Ashton said. The president of the UK Faculty of Public Health said the five-day week should be phased out to end what he called "a maldistribution of work" that is damaging many people's health. "When you look at the way we lead our lives, the stress that people are under, the pressure on time and sickness absence, [work-related] mental health <http://www.theguardian.com/society/mental-health> is clearly a major issue. We should be moving towards a four-day week because the problem we have in the world of work is you've got a proportion of the population who are working too hard and a proportion that haven't got jobs", Ashton said. .(continue at http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/01/uk-four-day-week-combat-stress-top-doctor ) -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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