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Monday, May 17, 2021

Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds [BBC News, May 2021]

Title:
Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds
 
Published:
BBC News, 17 May 2021
 
From the article:
Long working hours are killing hundreds of thousands of people a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).  
 
The first global study of its kind showed 745,000 people died in 2016 from stroke and heart disease due to long hours.  
 
The report found that people living in South East Asia and the Western Pacific region were the most affected.