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Sleep and productivity

Discover how employers can promote good sleep habits and learn why adequate sleep is crucial for overall employee health, wellbeing and productivity.

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The importance of sleep

Encouraging employees to adopt healthy sleep habits can greatly benefit your workforce. It can make staff happier as well as improving productivity and performance.

If employees aren’t getting enough sleep, they might have trouble focusing and may be absent more often. These effects can have a negative impact on your business.

Key benefits of healthy sleeping habits:

  • Improves employee’s overall health and wellbeing
  • Increases productivity and performance
  • Decreases the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes

Page last reviewed: 20th March 2025

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