Working on Sundays is detrimental to well-being, says Swiss study

The Swiss group "Alliance for Sunday" insists that this special day of the week should not be sacrificed to short-term economic interests. It highlights a study by the University of Bern that shows that working on Sundays is detrimental to well-being and particularly affects women. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Sunday work is detrimental to physical, mental, and social well-being, especially when flexible working hours are limited. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Research at the University of Bern. It was presented on Friday by the "Alliance for Sunday", a group of trade unions, religious organisations, and the Swiss Society for Occupational Medicine. The coalition opposes plans under consideration to relax Swiss labour laws. It believes Sunday work should remain limited to professions that are "essential" to society. Women overrepresented Currently, women, migrants, and people in precarious ...