Why employers need to think smarter about helping workers get good sleep

Whether it is shift work, technology or social pressures keeping us up at night, the idea of a society that is always "on" is unlikely to go away.

But that does not mean people cannot change how they fit into it — particularly when it comes to getting good sleep, according to Russell Foster, a professor of Circadian Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.

Employees are not necessarily able to make all the decisions regarding the hours they work.

But Professor Foster said people whose work hours fall outside the usual 9:00am to 5:00pm grind do not need to accept a sleep-deprived existence as a given.

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