A woman is working in her apartment in front of a computer at a high desk. Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa (Photo by Uwe Anspach/picture alliance via Getty Images) GENEVA - While many employees think working longer hours is a necessity for some jobs, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization said it has lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths from heart disease and strokes.The organizations recently posted their findings, saying 750,000 deaths related to long working hours were reported in 2016, a 29% increase from 2000.
The WHO and ILO estimated that in 2016, 398,000 people died from a stroke and 347,000 people died from heart disease as a result of working at least 55 hours in one week.