Knock off Wednesday: working 3-day week is best for overs-40s

The article, which was reporting the results of an Australian survey of 6,500 participants, referred to Whitehall II data analysis which found that those who worked up to 55 hours a week did worse in a series of cognitive tests than those who generally kept to 40 hours at most.   

Long working hours and cognitive function: the Whitehall II Study. Virtanen M, Singh-Manoux A, Ferrie JE, Gimeno D, Marmot MG, Elovainio M, Jokela M, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M. Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Mar 1;169(5):596-605. 

Links to media coverage stories:

The Times: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/knock-off-on-wednesday-three-day-week-is-best-for-over-40s-nsnl77dr6

Business Matters: http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/newswire/knock-off-wednesday-three-day-week-best-40s/