Study suggets Cape Town workers are overworked

We also heard from Tina Mason - Area Director for Regus SA. According to a global survey by Regus, almost half of workers in South Africa, Cape Town work well over eight hours a day and over 45 percent regularly take work home to finish in the evening. They state that pressure on working hours has increased in recent years because of slow economic recovery in mature economies and very rapid growth in emerging ones. In South Africa, ranked 7th in the world for the prevalence of mood disorders and 6th for the prevalence of anxiety disorders by the South African Stress and Health, the long-term effects of this over-work could be damaging both to workers’ health and to overall productivity as workers drive themselves too hard and become disaffected, depressed or even physically ill. Regus is the world’s largest provider of flexible workplaces, with products and services ranging from fully equipped offices to professional meeting rooms, business lounges and the world’s largest network of video communication studios. For more information visit www.regus.co.za or contact (011) 510 0500.