Sleep-Deprived Or Sleeping Beauty?

Employers may start taking more of an interest in its employees' bedtime routines based on the latest research from Rand Europe. Using data from 62,000 people, they discovered that sleep-deprived workers cost the UK economy £40 billion a year, as well as having implications on employees' health.
The cross-country report found the following:

• US loses 1.2 million working days a year, costing US $411 billion (£328 billion);
• Japan loses 600,000 working days a year, costing US $138 billion;
• Germany loses 200,000 working days a year, costing US $60 billion;
• Canada loses 80,000 working days a year, costing US $21.4 billion; and
• the "healthy daily sleep range" is between seven and nine hours per night.