Managers back anti-long hours drive

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A survey of 1,500 managers reveals that efforts to reduce hours in recent years had failed, with nine out of 10 of those questioned regularly working over their contracted hours.

The average manager works an extra one hour 18 minutes every day, mainly to meet deadlines or because of pressure of work, according to the study by the Chartered Management Institute.

Almost half of those surveyed said this country's long-hours culture affected their productivity and most said it prevented them having enough exercise.

Jo Causon, corporate affairs director at the Chartered Management Institute, said: "Many organisations focus on the cost of absence to their organisations, yet are not addressing the root causes of absenteeism.

"Surely, in today's results-driven environment, output is more important than input, so two questions need to be answered - why are employers ignoring the impact of long hours on the health and performance of their employees and what responsibility are employees taking for how they manage themselves?"

The institute said the report had been issued in support of the TUC's campaign for people to work their proper hours.

The union organisation is urging workers to stick to their hours on Friday after calculating that if employees worked all their unpaid overtime from the start of the year, February 22 would be the first day they would be paid.