Employers 'should match sleep patterns and work hours'

Employers have been advised to help their staff get a good night's sleep by better matching their working hours to their own individual sleep patterns.

Online recruitment firm ClickAJob argues that conventional working hours may need a rethink, onrec.com reports.

It notes many people have different body clocks and with companies only concerned that work is done on time, it possible for them to work non-standard hours if deadlines are still met.

Kurosh Kiani, customer service manager at the firm, said: "With the technology most businesses now have, achieving this kind of time-slip working is the easiest thing in the world."

He added that staff can use time-slip to get quality time in bed as well as going into the office to network with other employees and co-operate as a team.

In September 2007, the BBC reported on a study published in the journal Sleep that revealed work is the most important lifestyle factor affecting how much time people get in bed.

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