ASEANews HEADLINES: EMPLOYMENT: Cambodia fifth in ASEAN for ‘excessive’ working hours

May 22, 2021May 22, 2021 Contributor 0 Comment ASEANEWS Headlines, ASEANews HEADLINES: EMPLOYMENT: Cambodia fifth in ASEAN for ‘excessive’ working hours

A WHO map indicating countries with employees suffering the highest risk of having a stroke because of ‘excessive’ working hours. Cambodia ranks fifth in ASEAN for employees working more than 55 hours per week and the health risks associated with it. Supplied

Southeast Asia has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the region with the highest risk of heart disease and strokes associated with working long hours. The report, analysing the impact of long working hours on health and life, cited that 11.7 percent of workers in the region work more than 55 hours per week.

Cambodia ranked fifth highest in ASEAN with 11.5 percent of the labour force working “excessive” hours. Indonesians ranked first with a staggering 20 percent of the workers toiling more than 55 hours weekly, according to data sourced from 1970 to 2018.

By comparison, Laos ranked fourth with 13.1 percent, Vietnam ranked sixth with 10.4 percent and Thailand ranked sixth with 10.4 percent. Singaporean workers had the lowest risk at only 2.8 percent.

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Country/Region	New Cases	Total Cases	Recovered	Deaths
India	259,269	26,030,674	22,705,901	291,365
Iran	12,428	2,804,632	2,290,613	77,994
Turkey	9,385	5,160,423	4,989,787	45,626
Nepal	8,227	488,645	366,946	5,847
Malaysia	6,806	492,302	440,032	2,099
Philippines	6,090	1,165,145	1,093,523	19,622
Japan	6,003	698,438	615,324	11,940
Indonesia	5,797	1,758,898	1,621,572	48,887
Iraq	4,580	1,156,137	1,067,387	16,102
Pakistan	4,207	890,391	804,122	19,987
Sri Lanka	3,443	154,786	123,532	1,089
Thailand	2,636	119,585	76,636	703
Kazakhstan	2,433	366,481	327,026	4,124
Bahrain	2,415	209,293	189,962	780
Maldives	2,194	50,802	30,403	114
Bangladesh	1,457	785,194	727,510	12,284
UAE	1,401	551,430	531,459	1,642
Saudi Arabia	1,330	437,569	421,726	7,214
Kuwait	1,168	295,861	281,920	1,711
Georgia	1,104	334,705	315,254	4,540
Jordan	937	728,549	710,445	9,328
Oman	802	208,607	192,973	2,239
S. Korea	646	134,117	123,659	1,916
Mongolia	519	50,618	44,391	235
Afghanistan	505	65,080	55,687	2,782
Azerbaijan	437	331,477	318,502	4,828
Cambodia	415	23,697	15,700	164
Lebanon	394	537,437	505,348	7,658
Kyrgyzstan	361	101,580	94,803	1,729
Qatar	313	214,463	209,773	539
Taiwan	294	2,824	1,133	15
Uzbekistan	263	97,543	93,071	676
Palestine	224	304,756	296,518	3,450
Armenia	191	221,559	209,980	4,364
Timor-Leste	166	5,115	2,712	11
Vietnam	119	4,809	2,687	39
Cyprus	77	71,610	39,061	350
Syrian Arab Republic	55	23,939	21,489	1,720
Israel	42	839,263	832,295	6,396
Singapore	41	61,730	61,229	32
Myanmar	24	143,183	132,148	3,216
Yemen	20	6,613	3,159	1,301
Bhutan	16	1,338	1,186	1
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	14	1,751	740	2
China	12	90,920	85,990	4,636
Hong Kong	1	11,829	11,542	210
Brunei	0	235	222	3
Macao	0	50	49	0
Tajikistan	0	13,308	13,218