
‘Sleep-starved workers struggle to juggle family, work commitments’
Workers across West Africa and Nigeria (36%) report that they have to sacrifice sleep to fit in personal and work commitments, either by waking up too early or by burning the midnight oil. Although flexible working is highlighted as a way to reduce commuting, create more hours in the day for sleep or family life and to improve productivity and staff retention, only 53 per cent of firms in Africa are rewarding management for encouraging the creation of a flexible workforce.