Staff bring up to 3 hours of job-related tasks home: Study

A new study has claimed that that for every one hour of non-work activity in the office, there are three hours spent on job-related tasks at home.

Study by Jeffery Cole, director at the Center for the Digital Future, conducted the research.

Cole said advances in technology meant that what previously took 40 hours could now be accomplished in just 30.

“But nobody is working 30 hours and calling it a week. The line between work and home is completely blurred and it is blurred to the advantage of the employer,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Cole as telling in the presentation to the Ninemsn digital marketing summit in Sydney.

He said workers using company time for personal matters was a common issue raised by employers.

"We see that for every hour an employee spends at the office doing personal things, they are spending three hours at home doing work related to their job,” he concluded.