Three-quarters of a million people across the world are dying each year because they are working long hours, a major study has found.
Researchers from the World Health Organization estimate that in 2016, some 745,000 people died from strokes and heart disease associated with working 55 hours or more a week – nearly 30% more than in 2000.
And the coronavirus pandemic could make matters worse, they added.
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