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19/02/2008
Managers 'Working An Extra 40 Days Per Year'
Managers in the UK work, on average, the equivalent of an extra 40 days a year in order to help them cope with their workload, a survey has revealed.
The survey of more than 1,500 managers, conducted by the Chartered Management Institute, found that almost nine out of 10 managers regularly worked over their contracted hours, averaging nearly an extra hour and a half each day.
The main reasons cited for doing this was to meet deadlines or to cope with large amounts of work.
Jo Causon, Corporate Affairs Director at the Chartered Management Institute, said: "Many organisations focus on the cost of absence to their organisations, yet are not addressing the root causes of absenteeism.
"Surely, in today's results-drive environment, output is more important than input, so two questions need to be answered – why are employers ignoring the impact of long hours on the health and performance of their employees and what responsibility are employees taking for how they manage themselves?"
The CMI report had been issued in support of the TUC's campaign, which urges people to work their proper hours.
The union is urging employees to work their proper hours on Friday, after calculating that if employees worked all their unpaid overtime from the start of the year, then February 22 would be the first day of the year that they would get paid.
(KMcA)
The survey of more than 1,500 managers, conducted by the Chartered Management Institute, found that almost nine out of 10 managers regularly worked over their contracted hours, averaging nearly an extra hour and a half each day.
The main reasons cited for doing this was to meet deadlines or to cope with large amounts of work.
Jo Causon, Corporate Affairs Director at the Chartered Management Institute, said: "Many organisations focus on the cost of absence to their organisations, yet are not addressing the root causes of absenteeism.
"Surely, in today's results-drive environment, output is more important than input, so two questions need to be answered – why are employers ignoring the impact of long hours on the health and performance of their employees and what responsibility are employees taking for how they manage themselves?"
The CMI report had been issued in support of the TUC's campaign, which urges people to work their proper hours.
The union is urging employees to work their proper hours on Friday, after calculating that if employees worked all their unpaid overtime from the start of the year, then February 22 would be the first day of the year that they would get paid.
(KMcA)
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