A person's cognitive and emotional health is at risk from long-term overwork, according to new research highlighting the changes to the brain caused by years of excessive work levels. Zacharie ...

“Each week is different. Sometimes they [the employer] ask me to stay one hour after my shift, sometimes two, sometimes more. It really depends on what they need, but they never consider the worker ...

Spending too much time at work may not just exhaust your body, it could also be affecting your brain. A new study has found that working over 52 hours a week may lead to changes in the brain's ...

A new study has discovered that a culture of overwork is a key barrier to employees' use of paid leave and workplace flexibility policies. Workers are more likely to forgo using work/life policies in ...

Our chaotic culture makes it hard to separate work and business in our lives. Because of smartphones, computers, and social media, beating burnout becomes a lifelong process. People expect an ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), working long hours results in hundreds of thousands of deaths per year. A recent review published in Environment International presented estimates by ...

China’s 996 model – 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week – was sold as a path to speed, discipline, and dominance. In reality, it became a case study in how overwork corrodes the very foundation of ...

Working for long periods under extreme stressful work conditions can lead to sudden death. “Burn out” is now described as an occupational phenomenon, resulting from chronic workplace stress that has ...

In this article, we will look at the 20 most overworked countries in Asia. We have also discussed the dire consequences of overworking. If you want to skip our detailed analysis, head straight to the ...

The pandemic has heightened our awareness of the importance of well-being, and that is a positive development. But remote work and other factors have also resulted in many of us working longer hours, ...

People who work too hard and for too long can end up altering parts of their brains that manage memory and problem solving, new research suggests. A team of South Korean researchers said that their ...