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The idea of reducing working hours has been experimented with - in many cases successfully - in the US and around the world for several years, but it has yet to be enshrined in law.

The study considers 19 occupational risk factors including from illnesses associated with long working hours and air pollution.

Study reveals that 745,000 people died from stroke and heart disease associated with long working hours in 2016.

Breaking free from fixed, synchronous working hours can help improve work-life balance, a key value in contributing to wellbeing at work.

MEF hoped the government could look over the matter and consider allowing employees to work in the office during normal working hours for three days a week.

Working long hours and skimping on sleep in midlife may lead to poorer physical health in old age, according to a study from Finland.

The existing working hours for Malaysian civil servants remain unchanged, the Chief Secretary to the Government says.

Datuk Seri Richard Riot says the proposed reduction in working hours will also be studied by his ministry.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia senior lecturer for Industrial Psychology and Organisation Dr Fatimah Wati Halim said there were a number of other factors that could affect the workers' productivity.

The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) is of the opinion that a 48-hour work week allocated within the law is deemed to be 'too long' as compared to neighbouring countries.

Employees, especially the millennial, prefer flexibility in terms of working hours and other perks such as training and career advancement.

To implement the directive, the government had agreed to add the new staggered working hours into the current timetable.

Astro AWANI's Suganthi Suparmaniam is an advocate for more flexibility at the workplace and here she explains why flexible employment arrangements can work in Malaysia.

As the world gets more connected by means of the Internet,the freelance economy has scaled beyond geographical constraints.

The Guardian reports that union bosses in Germany are calling on employers to shift working hours to accommodate World Cup matches.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.