Average workday now 37 mins shorter in nod to work-life balance: Study

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Shorter workdays may mean companies are finally tuning in to employee burnouts. Read more at straitstimes.com.

AUSTIN, Texas – The average workday shrank by 37 minutes in the past year, and fewer people are pulling overtime shifts, possible indications that managers are increasingly mindful of work-life balance in the post-Covid-19 era.

But even though workers are clocking in for shorter stretches, productivity has not slipped, the company found in a study released on Tuesday. “What we’re seeing here is truly an efficiency gain,” said Ms Gabriela Mauch, vice-president of the ActivTrak Productivity Lab.

 

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