Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

WFH: Longer Work Hours?

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the way people live their lives. One of the notable implications of the crisis is the sudden emergence of remote working for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and even major corporations.

2 August 2020
0

Long Work Hours Making ASEAN Less Productive

Although it is commonly accepted that productivity decreases as hours worked increases, three ASEAN countries rank in the top-10 of a list of countries where people work the most hours per week.The top-10 countries in the list – of which nine are in Asia – all work at least 45 hours a week according to recent data by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Qatar leads the way with the world’s longest average working week with 49 hours, while Myanmar are joint-second with Mongoli

8 September 2019
0