A new study has shown that employees are experiencing mental and physical techno-strain due to being ‘hyperconnected’ to digital technology making it difficult for people to switch off from work.

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Your work habits may be threatening your sleep: People in highly sedentary jobs (80% of modern workforce) have a 37% increase in insomnia symptoms. Employees working nontraditional schedules have a 66% greater risk of needing ‘catch-up sleep’ – defined as frequent napping or sleeping in on weekends.

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Young adults more active after starting work, but sleep less– unless working from home, study finds

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Study found that employees who psychologically disengaged from work on their vacations saw the most improvement in their well-being. Ideally, that means not answering emails, taking work calls or even thinking about the office.

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Men are unsure of how to start conversation about parental duties. The current US shared leave policy, which is based on women transferring their maternity leave, does not offer men the opportunity to make genuine decisions about sharing leave and puts all the decision-making efforts onto women.

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A longer paternity leave after the birth of a child can improve the co-parenting relationship between moms and dads, a new study finds. When dads take more time off after the birth of their baby, moms relax unrealistically high standards for fathers’ parenting.

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Burnout from financial stress may lower job satisfaction - Burnout is a familiar, exhausting feeling to many people. While it’s usually associated with work, outside factors like financial stress may play a role, too.

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A demanding work culture could be quietly undermining efforts to raise birth rates - research from China shows that working more than 40 hours a week significantly reduces people’s desire to have children.

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Long work hours linked with altered brain structure 🧠💼. Research has shown that people who worked 52 or more hours a week displayed significant changes in brain regions associated with executive function and emotional regulation, unlike participants who worked standard hours every week.

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Self-employed women may be at significantly lower heart attack risk compared with women employed for salary or wages. There is also positive associations between health outcomes and self-employment among white men. The work environment may play a role in risk factors that can lead to heart attacks. 🧑‍💼❤️💪

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Study has revealed that Mondays uniquely drive long-term biological stress, regardless of working status, with implications for heart health 🗓️💔🧬

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A new international study found that a four-day workweek with no loss of pay significantly improved worker well-being 😊, including lower burnout rates 😌, better mental health 🧠, and higher job satisfaction 👍, especially for individuals who reduced hours most.

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Homemaking improves mental health 🏡, but not for moms with small kids 👶, study finds 📊.

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The more tech savvy you are, and if you are a millennial or are more educated, the more digital concerns you have over privacy 🔒, misinformation 📰, and work-life balance ⚖️ in the digital age, finds a new study of nearly 50,000 people in 30 countries.

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Rising Income Inequality 📈 Predicts Longer Work Hours ⏰ Globally, New Research Finds.

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Remote work can introduce challenges to romantic relationships, sometimes increasing the chances of breaking up. Study provides evidence that when remote workers and their partners have clashing ideas about keeping work and home separate, the resulting stress can foster deep feelings of loneliness.

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✅ Remote work clashes can strain relationships. When partners have different views on separating work and home life, it can lead to loneliness and relationship problems, according to a study published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

✅ Boundary mismatches are key. A "segmentation preference" describes the desire to keep work and personal life separate. Differences in this preference between partners can cause work-to-home conflict, where job demands interfere with home life.

✅ Study reveals gender differences and shared impact. In a study of 170 couples in Germany (Spring/Summer 2020), men with different boundary preferences experienced more conflict. Surprisingly, women working remotely seemed to benefit from partners with different preferences. A larger study (1,561 couples, 2019-2021) found that work-to-home conflict increases loneliness for both partners, making breakups more likely.

✅ Focus on outcomes, not micromanagement. While employers can't know individual home setups, they can monitor work-to-home conflict and its impact on employees' private lives. Remote work decisions should consider both partners' preferences.

#RemoteWork #RelationshipGoals #WorkLifeBalance

In the US, one in seven leisurely moments comes with guilt: A new study explores the experience of ‘leisure guilt’

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Unpredictable work schedules increase the risk of romantic breakups. Hourly service workers who deal with unstable work hours are at a higher risk of going through a separation or divorce. Stressful demands of modern low-wage jobs can spill over into personal lives and disrupt family stability.

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📅 Unpredictable work schedules are linked to a higher risk of relationship breakups, especially for hourly service workers. A study in the Journal of Marriage and Family found that severe schedule instability can decrease marital stability by 12 percentage points.

💔 Cohabiting relationships appear more sensitive to moderate schedule unpredictability compared to marriages. Couples in these relationships saw a heightened risk of separation with just three types of unstable work conditions.

👨‍💼 For married couples, men's schedule instability was tied to a higher risk of divorce than women's. Men with the most unpredictable schedules were 12 percentage points less likely to remain married, compared to 4 percentage points for women.

#WorkLifeBalance #RelationshipGoals #Sociology