Posted on 06/06/2014 5:50:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A brain professor is taking the concept of flexible work hours to an absolutely new level.
Vincent Walsh, professor of human brain research at University College London, has said that employees should be permitted to take short naps at work in order to boost their productivity, reports Daily Mail.
Sleeping is vital for memory and learning, adds Professor Hugh Piggins, of Manchester University’s circadian neurobiology lab.
The sleep experts revealed in their study that it is only after the Industrial Revolution that people have been obsessed with squeezing all their sleep requirement into one slot. However, they claim that afternoon siestas go a long way in helping people to be creative, reports Daily Mail.
Millions, claim experts, make up for lost sleep over the weekend. The problem has a name - social jet lag. It is a big problem as it could lead to increased rates of diseases such as diabetes, dementia and even cancer.
Therefore, researchers propose that employers should let go of the system of clocking their employees. Staff should be able to come and go and work according to their own body clocks. They add that employees should be allowed to work through the night if they wish to do so.
However, the sleep experts also advise employers to encourage their workers to take proper breaks. According to published research, only one in five workers go outside during their break. Among those who do take a break, half eat at their desk.
Ski Country talk.
LOL. WTF is dat abou’?
Where do I sign up?
Kerry fell asleep at a meeting this week
Tired, John? Kerry appears to be sleeping during Polish President’s press conference but insists it was ‘just a long blink’
By Meghan Keneally
Published: 10:22 EST, 4 June 2014 | Updated: 13:01 EST, 4 June 2014
And this is the administration that said they were going to IMPROVE America’s image in the world...
just a long blink
uh...D11’s......”small footprint”???
Of course my boss also sometimes has me working until 3:00 am to make sure all orders get out. And I don't get over time. In fact I don't even get minimum wage!
(My boss, for those who have not guessed, is me.)
Nick, good buddy, I don’t think this Vespa would be as much fun...particularly in a bar in the Far East with bar-girls.
Yeah I heard that, but what are the two next to him doing and why?
In a matter of speaking.
I think you could put a Timex watch on the ground, drive one (a D11) over it, and it would keep on tickin’.
I’d get my hand out of the way real fast, though. (Just as a precaution.)
And here I figgered that your boss was your wife....
Maybe you could expand to become the Red Adair of coal seam fires....
You, know...that’s an inspiration.
My crew could go around starting the fires and then being called in to put them out.
But, I don’t know...Red Adair? How about ‘Haley Comet’?
Is alleged to create more CO2 annually than all of the US cars and (personal)trucks.
You could hit Bammy's stash to fix it with equipment.
Sorry, kinda wooolzy,
did some one disturbed my nap?
Until not that long ago, there was a state employee (management) at a certain SC state agency who for years was famous for sleeping on the back dock where any one could see. After napping there, often times this person would make it to their office and resume. Every now and then this person was seen to attend a meeting once in a while.
He was finally let go or made to retire. I don’t know how he got away with it or what he had on someone to stay essentially untouchable.
Maybe his momma or someone knew the Governor.... like that creep guard in the Green Mile...
If you don’t believe this works just look at Spain or Mexico. Another Marxist study with results based on an agenda.
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