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  3. Nearly a third of all American workers regularly put in more than 40 hours of work a week, according to Penn State economist Lon

Nearly a third of all American workers regularly put in more than 40 hours of work a week, according to Penn State economist Lon

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问题     Nearly a third of all American workers regularly put in more than 40 hours of work a week, according to Penn State economist Lonnie Golden. And almost 1 in 5 routinely work more than 50 hours a week.
    (46)"The damage done by involuntary overtime becomes apparent in a recent Cornell University survey," the economist notes. "Workers reporting high pressure to work overtime experienced double the work injuries suffered by those who were not."
    (47)Apart from not demanding unwarranted overtime work, employers can help ease some tensions between jobs and families by adopting flexible policies (like job-sharing, flextime, and home-based work) that make it easier for workers to meet both job and family needs.
    Not surprisingly, American workers strongly support such flexible practices. In fact, a national poll by Wirthlin Worldwide found a resounding 87 percent of Americans agree that, (48)"Businesses should voluntarily do more to help strengthen their employees’ marriages by offering flex-time/job sharing/home-based work options."
    Far from being "giveaway" programs, family-friendly workplace policies actually lower career burnout, reduce job turnover, ease interpersonal conflict and enhance worker productivity. In other words, flexible work policies are good for the bottom line.
    (49)William Pollack of Harvard University reports raising employee satisfaction by 20 percent sometimes boosts company financial performance more than 40 percent. A recent DePaul University study, found the financial performance of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2002" was "significantly better" than the average company listed among the S＆P 500. This year’s top honoree in Fortune magazine’s "List of Best Places to Work"—Smuckers—has doubled its stock value in the last five years.
    In a healthy society, employment should enhance family life, not impede it. (50)As the technology and communications revolutions continue reshaping the American workplace, the time has come for a new workplace revolution to build on the one Upton Sinclair and others helped usher in a century ago. This new revolution will enable more family-oriented workers to meet both their personal and their professional responsibilities.

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答案除了不要求无保证的超时工作外，雇主们可以通过使用弹性规定(如轮班制、弹性工作时间和在家工作)来缓解奔忙于工作和家庭之间的压力，从而使得工人们更容易满足工作和家庭两者的需要。
解析 本句中apart from表示"除…之外，还有"，引导状语从句；by引导状语从句，为"通过…"之意，补充说明ease some tensions(缓解压力)的方法；括号中的短语举例说明flexible policies的具体内容；that引导的同位语从句指代adopting flexible policies。unwarranted"无保证的"；job-sharing"轮班制"。
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