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Stories about: overwork

Why Only Few Women Reach Top Positions at the Workplace Researchers at the Indiana University, working together with colleagues at the Cornell University, recently determined that hectic jobs, which involve more than 50 hours of work per week, tent to hinder women's performances. This may explain why so few women make it to top positions.For years, women's right... 22 August 2011 09:41 GMT Overwork Causes Thousands of Deaths in Japan Yearly Stress and overwork are shaping up to become two of the most pregnant issues in modern-day Japan, as literally thousands of workers, mostly in their mid 30s, die in the country yearly. Doctors warn that people working more than 50 to 70 hours per week expose themselves to higher risks of heart attacks, strokes, poor ... 12 January 2009 02:13 GMT In 2006, 147 Japanese Died of Overwork Japanese people are famous for their long office hours and this marks their physical and mental health, and this comes with a heavy toll, as each year registers a new record of people dying from overwork. "Some 355 workers fell severely ill or died from overwork in the year to March, the highest figure on record and ... 17 May 2007 09:37 GMT