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Working long hours causes a great deal of stress and can be very bad for the health. The government must find a way to reduce this type of stress. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Everybody knows that
stress
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 is bad for
workers
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' health. But whose fault is that? It is my submission and that it is the government role to intervene through legislation and support
network
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 to tackle
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 issue.
Stress
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 in the workplace comes from long working
hours
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. In modern societies,
workers
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 are well-connected. In some
work
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culture
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,
workers
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 are expected to be reachable even outside of their contractual working
hours
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. Competition among employees in the workplace doesn't help. As an employee, it is natural to want to advance in his career.It means he must
work
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 hard at his job, sometimes going above and beyond his normal call of duty.All of
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 produces
stress
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.
Stress
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also
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 comes from having a poor boss. Unfair treatment at
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 is one of the
reason
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 many
workers
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 quit as they cannot cope with the
stress
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.
Stress
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 affects many aspects of a
persons
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 health, both physically and psychologically. The negative effects of
stress
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is
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 well known.A person may lose concentration at
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, Miss handle his tasks. He may be irritable and poison the atmosphere at
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. The government has a role to play in promoting healthy habits.In many countries in Europe, by law,
workers
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 must not
work
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 for more than a certain number of
hours
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 each week.
Such
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 policies set a framework to reduce, avoid long working
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, thereby protecting
workers
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 or well-being in general, and
help
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 reduce
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stress related
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 illnesses. It has been observed that
stress
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 level is higher in corporate Asia.In highly competitive economies like Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and South Korea,
workers
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 routinely
work
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 overtime. Chronic overwork is a major cause of
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work related
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stress
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. The situation and ends up costing the company and the economy in terms of
workers
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 health and long-term medical treatment for
stress
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. It is believed that if the government of these Asian countries follow the footsteps of their European counterparts and put
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into law labour policies and at looking after
work
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 as well-being, there will be an overall reduction in
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stress related
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 illnesses and absenteeism, with a net positive effect on the economy.
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