Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
overworked
Poe has filed Senate Resolution No. 316 calling for a probe on the
dramatic rise in the number of overworked Filipinos in the last 20
years.
More Filipinos, she said, may be working their way into an early
grave if the problem would not be addressed immediately.
Too much work will kill you, the senator further said.
The resolution also noted that based on the PSA study, more than
half of the total workers with excessive hours of work were wage
earners and salaried workers.
Excessive hours of work is one of the primary indicators of
decent working time. Having more than the usual hours of work
may interfere with the balance between personal life and work,
may increase injury hazard risks, may signal an inadequate pay,
and in the long term, pose a threat to workers physical and
mental capacity to work. It may also be connected to the
reduction of the productivity of workers, the PSA report said
Through Senate Resolution No. 316, Poe sought for a legislative investigation into
why the number of Filipino workers who work more than 48 hours a week or
beyond the ideal eight hours per day have nearly doubled over the last 20 years.
Too much work will kill you, Poe said in a statement issued on Friday.
Several studies have shown that excessive work hours could trigger serious health
problems and even cause death, she said. Chronic overworking, as various
research suggest, can lead to threatening levels of stress.
Incidents over recent years show the dangers of working for stretched hours,
including the sudden death of young professionals in Indonesia and China in 2013
after working overtime for extended periods.
In the Philippines, more than 8.1 million Filipinos were known to have worked for
excessive hours in 2015, a 41.2 percent increase from the number of overworked
workers in 1995, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
PSA data further showed that 80 percent of overworked workers came from the
services sector.
By worker class, the PSA found that wage and salary workers accounted for 52.6
percent of those who clocked in more work hours than they should have.
Under Republic Act No. 1880, working hours for those in government is eight
hours day, exclusive of lunch break, or a total of 40 hours per week. While there is
no similar mandate for the private sector, the eight-hour work day is considered
universally ideal, according to Poes office.
In her resolution, Poe said the state should ensure just and humane work
conditions for workers as provided for in the 1987 Constitution. She called for a
comprehensive review of company policies that require excessively long work
hours.
Having a work-life balance is very important because the lives of our workers do
not just revolve around work, she said. While they need to earn a living, there is
no place for the abuse of their rights.
This way, they would be able to give time to themselves, their health and their
families, she said. /atm