UK workers spending free time catching up with work

Seventy
per cent of the UK
workforce dedicate their free time to their employer,
according to a new poll.

According
to a survey of 932 employees by employment law firm Peninsula and recruitment
firm Portfolio Payroll, 74 per cent of those surveyed said they have worked
late on a voluntary basis in order to catch up with deadlines.

The
survey also discovered that almost three-quarters of employees polled have
worked at the weekend in order to catch up with deadlines, and 83 per cent of
employers said they take their work home with them.

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Danny
Done, managing director of
Portfolio Payroll, said: “The survey shows that employees are spending more
time in the office trying to catch up with deadlines and treating work as a
priority. This is good for business,
however, it can have a detrimental effect on employees. Employers need to be
careful that employees are not over worked, and that they do not fall victim to
stress."

By Quentin Reade