Traditional 8-hour workday is dead

The majority of workers (61%) say they check or respond to emails during non-office hours, and half of workers (49%) say they keep working even outside of office hours.

Read: Work/life unbalance

Forty-seven percent of employers say employees are expected to stay connected to work after office hours.

“Thanks to technology that allows workers more flexibility in when and where they work, workers no longer feel the need to stick to a traditional ‘nine to five’ schedule,” says Mark Bania, managing director of CareerBuilder.ca. “Giving employees more control over when and how they work can improve satisfaction rates, leading to enhanced productivity and higher retention.”

While men and women are equally likely to consider the traditional eight-hour workday to be an outdated concept, men are more likely than women to work outside of office hours (56% versus 43%).

Read: Few women feel they’ve achieved work/life balance

They are also more likely to check or respond to work emails outside of work (69% of men versus 53% of women).

The national survey was conducted online on behalf of CareerBuilder.ca of 500 employees and 400 hiring managers across Canada.

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