Make sure your boss reads this!
There's two types of people in this world.
Those who love the mornings and those who don't.
And according to a leading expert, those who stand in the latter camp should be able to start work later than the traditional 9am.
Dr Paul Kelley, a former headteacher and sleep researcher, says that workplaces should let workers start later – to make them more healthy and productive.
Dr Kelley – who allowed pupils to start at 10am – said, ‘Across the western world, adults are averaging 6 and a half hours sleep a night during their working lives, when science shows we need at least eight.’
10am fairest for everyone.
Dr Kelley, author of a book called Body Clocks, says that a start time of 10am would be fairest to everyone – and would cut back on the epidemic of sleep loss.
But he suggested in an interview with the Sunday Times that the ‘best’ time for some workers to start could be as late as midday, in an interview with the Sunday Times.
Dr Kelley said, ‘’Start times of 10am are the fairest (and best) if everyone had to choose a single start time. That would reduce sleep loss for the population as a whole.
‘This would have an immediate positive impact on current levels of adult sleep deprivation caused by early workday start times.
‘It would reduce sleep deprivation by 70 per cent to 36 minutes on average a day.’
Should this be implemented? Or are we just looking for more excuses to hit the snooze button?
