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IN MAY, a study found that nearly 40% of Canadian employees eat lunch at their desk. Studies tell us that breaks make workers more productive, so why don’t we pause more?


by Steve Brearton


1 Occasions, per week, that


employees of the town of Overtornea in Sweden could take one-hour sex breaks beginning this year, if a proposal passed council. It didn’t


18 Number of employees at Denver-


based Flowhub, where employees are encouraged to consume marijuana edibles during breaks. Flowhub provides software for the cannabis industry


20 Percentage of workers who cited


guilt as the reason they didn’t take breaks, according to a 2014 survey of American workplace habits. And 58% of workers said a “break room” would encourage them to pause more


20 Total amount in minutes proposed


for workers’ weekly bathroom breaks by Maple Leaf Food in 1999 contract negotiations. The company contended “unscheduled bathroom breaks” cost the firm $2 million


959 Employee reports reviewed by


Baylor University psychologists in 2015 to determine the best break. The results? Shorter, more frequent breaks are more energizing and motivating


1999 Year Cornell University


Amount in minutes the most productive workers using work-tracking software DeskTime took as a break. The software firm found the best employees worked 52 minutes, then took 17-minute breaks


68 | CPA MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER 2017


researchers sent email notices to workers reminding them to take short breaks. The initiative boosted productivity by 13%


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