Stefan Mileschin

Tell your boss to shove their development project

Companies who insist that their developers work long hours to meet deadlines could be killing them, according to a recent study.

Long working hours are leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths per year, according to a new study by the World Health Organisation and the International Labor Organisation.

Working more than 55 hours a week in a paid job resulted in 745,000 deaths in 2016, the study estimated, up from 590,000 in 2000. About 398,000 of the deaths in 2016 were because of stroke and 347,000 because of heart disease. Both physiological stress responses and changes in behaviour - such as an unhealthy diet, poor sleep and reduced physical activity - are "conceivable" reasons that long hours have a negative impact on health, the authors suggest.

The study said that working more than 55 hours per week is dangerous. It is associated with an estimated 35 percent higher risk of stroke and 17 percent higher risk of heart disease compared with working 35-40 hours per week.

About nine percent of the global population works long hours. In 2016, an estimated 488 million people worked more than 55 hours per week.

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