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你会因为每天严格的上下班时间而头痛不已吗?你会因为无法抽空去接孩子放学而心怀愧疚吗?你有没有想过，也许这种严格的工作制度正在慢慢侵蚀你的健康?目前的研究表明，弹性的工作制度才是一种更有利于身心健康的工作方式。欧美国家也都纷纷推广这种制度，旨在提高公民的生活质量。不知道弹性工作制何时才能在我们身边普及呢? Much time and effort has been dedicated to researching the mental health benefits of flexible work environments, but can the ability to leave work early to watch your son’s soccer game, or arrive at the office a bit later in the morning in order to see to some personal errands, have broader physical health benefits beyond making you feel a bit less frazzled? According to new research, it seems so. In a review of 10 previous studies examining the health implications of flexible work conditions for more than 16,000 people, researchers found that flexible work schedules—when employees can shift their starting times, for example—were associated with improvements in blood pressure, sleep and overall mental health. Specifically, the review showed that more flexibility in work schedules was associated with improvements in alertness, sleep quality, tiredness, heart rate and other primary health outcomes, as well as benefits to secondary health outcomes, such as perceived social support in the workplace and sense of community. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, in all of the studies included in the review, researchers found no evidence for negative effects of more flexible work schedules. | 
