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TUC finds 55% of workers feel work is getting more intense, 61% feel exhausted at the end of most working days, and 40% have to do more work in the same amount of time
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WORKERS in Britain are being driven to exhaustion through demands for harder, faster and more intense work, higher output and unreachable targets, a damning new report reveals.

Bosses are even using new technology to increase levels of exploitation, despite its effects on workers’ health and well-being.

The TUC report following a new poll states that 55 per cent of workers polled feel that work is getting more intense and demanding, 61 per cent say they feel exhausted at the end of most working days, and 40 per cent say they have to do more work in the same amount of time — and the problems are getting worse.

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