![]() ![]() So not only do societal trends reveal an overall reduction in sleep duration, technological trends that blur the boundary between work and home are intensifying our inability to get adequate sleep. This essentially puts employees “on call.” And guess what happens when people are on call? They don’t sleep as well. Research shows that 84 per cent of employees report having to be available after hours at least some of the time. Ninety-five per cent of Americans now own a cellphone and 77 per cent own a smartphone.Īs a result of the ubiquity of communication technologies, employees can now be contacted any time of the day or night, on or off the job. Part of the explanation for this level of fatigue is that the boundary between work and home is blurring. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers inadequate sleep to be a public health epidemic. For example, about one in 25 drivers report having fallen asleep at the wheel in the last 30 days! The ensuing sleepiness results in potential dangers both on and off the job. And, compared to 60 years ago, today people get one and a half to two hours less sleep every night. ![]() who sleep less than six hours a night increased by over 30 per cent. Between 19 the percentage of adults in the U.S. Thirty-five per cent of the population gets less than seven hours of sleep per night. If employees are required to be available after hours they should also be allowed to sleep on the job. ![]()
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