In many countries people are working longer hours and have less free time than in the past. What are the causes of this? What can be done to improve the situation?

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Undoubtedly, working for longer duration and getting limitied leisure time is affecting individuals globally. There are numerous reasons behind this, for instance, stress and anxiety to achieve the deadline, multiple jobs and many more. With this essay I will discuss all this with there possible solutions. Firstly, employees who are working at the higher positions like, managers or assistant managers fell more anxious due to their leadership roles. They are always in a rat race to meet the deadlines and to achieve the goal. These stressful conditions can lead to health issues. According to one the recent research, diabetics and hypertention are the two main diseases caused by stress 68% of the time, rest is genetic. Secondly, majority of individuals choose to work at to different jobs so that they can earn their bread and butter and raise their family. However, working day to night and staying away from family can be extremely hard and exhausting. Spending less time with the loved ones can disturb the family dynemics. For instance, in a current BBC article majority of the divorces are taking place as an outcome of spending less quality time. By fostering a collaborative environment we can create a winning formula. This include, mandatory leave every year, limited working hours weekly and set age for the retirement. For instance, international students are only allowed to work 24 hours per week by the government for thier well being. There should be a work life balance and to achieve that the employers should grant 2 week paid leave for all the workers annually. To summarize, By addressing the root causes like stress in leadership roles and multiple jobs at the same time and implementing the comprehensive solutions can lead to successfull outcome. Not only this, government should set a certain age of retirement, so that an individual spend rest of their life stress free.

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There is a global pandemic concerning longer working hours and consequently less free time. There are a lot of causes and variable ways to solve this. The world has evolved in so many ways. The average cost of living in 2026 is currently three times that of 2020. This simply means people have to work three times harder to earn what six years ago they could afford. In a bid to meet up with this increased cost of living's requirement, people have to work three times harder. This translates to increased work input leading to longer working hours and consequently less free time. With the advent of AI and so many more technology interfaced models, there is a lot of job security risk. According to a study in January 20206, lay-offs for the year is predicted to be six times mre than last year's. The sole reason given for this prediction is the possible replacement of jobs with AI. What this technology advancement causes is an increased work demand. In a bid to ensure job safety, people have increased job timelines, deadlines and goals. Apart from the work pressure this causes, there is an increased demand in work productivity which could consequently reduce free time. I believe the government has a role to play in this situation. The government could provide aids to relieve the work burden of the public. This will positively impact the public in view of the increasing cost of living. On the other hand, individuals have a job to play to ensure that free time is available to them. This looks like ensuring to take all pending leaves, taking advantage of public holidays and applying for sick leave if ill. This way, free time is ensured. As much as there is a global pandemic concerning working hours and free time, I believe that sigificant steps can stil be taken to ensure free time.