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Work without boundaries can severely increase number of burnouts

The borderline between work and leisure time is becoming fuzzy. It's getting increasingly difficult to achieve the old dream of eight hours' work, eight hours' off and eight hours' sleep when the smartphone wants your attention, colleagues work in other timezones and you need to work a night shift to get through your inbox.

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How often Norwegian workers are disturbed

How often does work contact you in your spare time?
Every day	4.2
Several times a week	15.2
Once every week	12.2
A couple of times a month	20.0
Rarely or never	48.1
Total	100

Source: SSB, Labour market survey 2009

Statistics Norway each year carries out a labour market survey with nearly 10,000 Norwegian respondents. The 2009 numbers have now been published. The survey includes the question "How often are you contacted outside of working hours about work-related issues?" for the first time.

If you add up those who answer every day, several times a week and once every week, you get 31.9 percent - nearly one third of the respondents.

Asbjørn Grimsmo: is a senior researcher at Oslo's Work Research Institute. He has spent many years working with work environment issues.

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