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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."
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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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