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    A US insurance company will pay employees $300 per year extra if they sleep at least 7 hours per night. The goal is to improve employee performance and make the company more productive, as studies show sleeping less than 7 hours reduces work ability. Workers can track their sleep with a wrist monitor connected to the company, and also receive bonuses for healthy activities.

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    A US insurance company will pay employees $300 per year extra if they sleep at least 7 hours per night. The goal is to improve employee performance and make the company more productive, as studies show sleeping less than 7 hours reduces work ability. Workers can track their sleep with a wrist monitor connected to the company, and also receive bonuses for healthy activities.

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    A US insurance company will pay employees $300 per year extra if they sleep at least 7 hours per night. The goal is to improve employee performance and make the company more productive, as studies show sleeping less than 7 hours reduces work ability. Workers can track their sleep with a wrist monitor connected to the company, and also receive bonuses for healthy activities.

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    Bad bosses can cause heart attacks

    https://breakingnewsenglish.com/0811/081126-bosses.html

    Having a bad boss could be bad for your heart. This is


    _________________ a Swedish study on management styles and health.
    The researchers concluded that poor managers _________________
    employee's risk of developing heart disease. The Stockholm University
    study analyzed data on the health of 3,000 male workers. They compared
    _________________ results from questionnaires about senior managers.
    The questions asked workers _________________ their boss was
    considerate, communicated well and offered positive feedback. Other
    questions looked at how much work bosses gave to workers and how well
    they _________________. The research team found that workers who
    respected their bosses were healthier _________________ heart
    problems.

    The report _________________ the journal Occupational and


    Environmental Medicine. It suggests that companies
    ____________________ to improve worker health. A healthier workforce
    will improve the overall health of the company. Investing in providing
    leadership skills to senior managers could _________________ -term
    investment. The researchers said a more supportive and understanding
    boss would _________________ of workers developing high blood
    pressure and stress-related illnesses. Magnus Larsson, an engineer for a
    large IT company, _________________ report’s findings. He believes his
    heart attack last year was because of his boss: “The guy was a monster.
    Working for him was a _________________ for eight years,” Larsson
    said.

    STUDENT QUESTIONS

    a) What did you think when you read the headline?


    b) What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘boss’?
    c) Do you think you would be a good boss?
    d) What makes a good boss a good boss?
    e) Are you surprised that bosses can give their staff heart problems?
    f) Why is it important to be considerate and give positive feedback?
    g) What other things in the workplace are bad for your heart?
    h) Have you had good or bad bosses?
    i) Can anyone be a good boss?
    j) Would you like to be a boss (why)?
    Breaking News English on Sleep
    https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1607/160702-sleep.html

    Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

    A company in the USA is paying its employees (1) ___________________. Staff


    at the insurance company Aetna will get $300 a year added to their salary if they
    (2) ___________________ seven hours of sleep a night. That works out to just
    over (3) ___________________ each night the employee sleeps over seven
    hours. The idea behind this scheme is employee performance. Human (4)
    ___________________ say employees will work better if they have slept well.
    They add that a workforce that is more (5) ___________________ will mean the
    company will perform better. Staff can either record their sleep automatically using
    a wrist monitor that connects to Aetna's computers, (6) ___________________
    how long they have slept every night.

    There are a number of studies that warn that not sleeping (7)
    ___________________ our ability to do our job. The American Academy of Sleep
    Medicine said that (8) ___________________ in the USA loses 11.3 working days
    of productivity a year because of not getting enough sleep. This costs companies
    about $2,280 for one worker. (9) ___________________ the US economy loses
    $63.2 billion a year because workers do not sleep more than seven hours a night.
    A 2015 study in Europe by the Rand Corporation found that staff (10)
    ___________________ seven hours per night (11) _______________ productive
    than workers who had eight or more hours of sleep. The staff at Aetna also
    receive extra cash if (12) ___________________.

    Comprehension questions

    1. How much extra money can workers get for sleeping more?
    2. What is the idea behind this scheme?
    3. Who said employees would work better after more sleep?
    4. What will perform better if workers are more awake and alert?
    5. What kind of monitor can workers use to record their sleep?
    6. How many days of productivity does the average worker lose a year?
    7. How much does a lack of sleep cost companies per worker?
    8. How much does a lack of sleep among workers cost the US economy?
    9. What did the Rand Corporation do in 2015?
    10. What else can the insurance company workers do to get more money?

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