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Among them, 83.3 per cent said their work stress has also increased in the last six months. Only 1.1 per cent said that stress level has dropped, while 15.5 per cent indicated it has stayed the same.
A total of 2,281 respondents took the survey and respondents consisted of employed individuals from all levels of occupation and income groups.
Sixty per cent of the respondents reported that they stay in the office for at least an hour after work hours at least three days a week.
One in three said they bring their work home to complete, 22 per cent said they have worked from home while on sick leave, and close to one-fifth said they have worked while on vacation.
The JobsCentral survey results also found that higher earners have more "workaholic" tendencies.
They are more inclined to work longer hours, bring work home to complete, work while they are on sick leave and even while on vacation.
Of those who said they clock hours after official knock-off time, most earn more than S$5,000 per month.
The survey also showed that almost one in four Singapore workers said they feel bullied at work.
Seventy-four per cent of the respondents who said they were bullied indicated that colleagues are the biggest bully.
Sixty-two per cent said they were bullied by their superiors and 21 per cent said they were bullied by their clients.
The largest group of workers (34 per cent) who said they are bullied are aged 41 to 50, and more females (27 per cent) than males (21 per cent) also felt the effects of bullying behaviours.
Administrative staff were found to be more vulnerable to bullying than PMETs.
Common bullying behaviours reported by respondents include unfair and biased allocation of workload, verbal abuse and personal attacks, ostracising, wrongful accusation, abuse of seniority or power, and gossip.
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