There’s more to life than work, even for learning and development professionals.
Are you one of those people who work all day without taking a break? Then join the club, as new research shows that one in four of us are like that, putting our health at risk.
The research, from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) suggests that the poor work habits such as not taking sufficient breaks, working in the same position for extended periods, going to work when ill or stressed and not taking enough exercise, pose serious risks to health which can also cause huge costs for employers. Something of which learning and development staff should be aware.
Apparently over a third of staff regularly work through their lunch break and nearly a quarter take no lunch break at all. Half of those who work through their breaks do so because they have too much work to do, while almost a third say it is because there are too few people to cover the workload.
On the other hand, we’ve just been told in another survey that we have the worst sickness absence record in Europe, suggesting that we are a nation of shirkers. Perhaps the answer is that it is the conscientious staff who suffer through excess work while others are throwing a ‘sickie’.
Time for HR and OH people to look beyond the simple absence stats and really see where the problems lie?
www.csp.org.uk
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