Hong Kong: Work-life balance changes a big feature of the last four years

Date: 7 Apr 2008

Companies in Hong Kong are showing a significant change in work-life balance for workers over the last four years, according to a review carried out by CSR Asia.

The research suggests that since 2004 the average working week for employees has decreased by around five hours. The rapid shift is ascribed to government action to move companies from a standard of five and a half working days per week to simply five.

According to CSR Asia, the change has had a beneficial effect. There has been a major increase in job satisfaction amongst those polled, and there are fewer people planning to change their jobs.

There remains further to go. Young men still work the longest hours of any demographic group and report negative health consequences of long hours working.

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