Families are pressed for time, many with both parents working to pay for their house, often working hours not of their choosing, living in car-dependent neighborhoods with limited public transport.

家庭的时间很紧迫，许多家庭的父母都在为房子付款而工作，通常无法选择工作时间，他们所在的社区依赖汽车出行，公共交通有限。

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The low working efficiency of the current 5-day workweek. The efficient working hours only take 70 percent of the total time.

五天工作制工作效率低，有效工作时间只占总时间的百分之七十，每周浪费2.4个小时。

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Full-time working mothers were suffering the most with 59 percent saying they were not getting enough sleep.Half of the working mothers said they were getting six or fewer hours sleep a night.

这种现象在上班妈妈中尤为严重，其中，59%的妈妈说她们睡眠不足，有一半的上班妈妈每天最多只能睡6个小时。

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The report said the residents were attempting to do as much work in the shorter time as they had done while working more hours.

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However, managers said they still faced the problems of doctors working fewer hours under the European Working Time Directive which they said created staffing and safety issues for smaller hospitals.

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Their new selling points are sandwiches with the boss, opportunities for advancement, flexible working hours and more holiday time.

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When the recession hit, workers had built up a large number of extra hours in their working-time accounts that could be wound down as work dried up.

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