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Nearly a third of all American workers regularly put in more than 40 hours of work a week, according to Penn State economist Lon
Nearly a third of all American workers regularly put in more than 40 hours of work a week, according to Penn State economist Lon
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2010-02-22
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Nearly a third of all American workers regularly put in more than 40 hours of work a week, according to Penn State economist Lonnie Golden. And almost 1 in 5 routinely work more than 50 hours a week.
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"The damage done by involuntary overtime becomes apparent in a recent Cornell University survey," the economist notes. "Workers reporting high pressure to work overtime experienced double the work injuries suffered by those who were not."
(47)
Apart from not demanding unwarranted overtime work, employers can help ease some tensions between jobs and families by adopting flexible policies (like job-sharing, flextime, and home-based work) that make it easier for workers to meet both job and family needs.
Not surprisingly, American workers strongly support such flexible practices. In fact, a national poll by Wirthlin Worldwide found a resounding 87 percent of Americans agree that, (48)
"Businesses should voluntarily do more to help strengthen their employees’ marriages by offering flex-time/job sharing/home-based work options."
Far from being "giveaway" programs, family-friendly workplace policies actually lower career burnout, reduce job turnover, ease interpersonal conflict and enhance worker productivity. In other words, flexible work policies are good for the bottom line.
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William Pollack of Harvard University reports raising employee satisfaction by 20 percent sometimes boosts company financial performance more than 40 percent.
A recent DePaul University study, found the financial performance of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2002" was "significantly better" than the average company listed among the S&P 500. This year’s top honoree in Fortune magazine’s "List of Best Places to Work"—Smuckers—has doubled its stock value in the last five years.
In a healthy society, employment should enhance family life, not impede it. (50)
As the technology and communications revolutions continue reshaping the American workplace, the time has come for a new workplace revolution to build on the one Upton Sinclair and others helped usher in a century ago.
This new revolution will enable more family-oriented workers to meet both their personal and their professional responsibilities.
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答案
企业应通过主动提供弹性工作时间、轮班制、在家工作等选择,更多地帮助雇员稳固其婚姻。
解析
本句中不定式用于补充说明do more的目的;by引导的方式状语从句用于补充说明"帮助"的方式。
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考研英语一
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