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Insomnia Costs America $62 Billion in Productivity

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:00:09 +0000

Insomnia isn’t just a bad deal for those who suffer through it. It’s also a bad deal for the nation’s economy. A study of 7,428 workers by Harvard Medical School found that 23.8 percent suffered from insomnia, and that the average American worker lost 11.3 days — or $2,000 worth of productivity — because of [...]

Can Wasting Time Online Improve Employee Productivity?

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:30:46 +0000

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them.

“Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.