If the motivation goes down regularly after the lunch break, employees should rethink their break organization.
Shaking and chatting can also bring recovery.
It is easier to find your way back to a
task
after a
short break
than after a long one.
That is why you should take
several short breaks
in everyday working life * rather
than a very long lunch break.
Christiane Golze from the Institute for Work and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) recommends this.
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Lunch break at work: walk or feet up?
If possible, employees should leave their jobs during the break, explains the expert in the magazine Arbeit & Gesundheit (issue 05/2020).
According to the expert,
whether they go for a
short walk
or put their feet up depends on their activity.
Anyone who is active and on their feet in the job anyway prefers to take it easy.
If you sit at your desk most of the time, movement is good.
The DGUV has a collection of tips on what employees can do in a short break: Why not watch the clouds pass by, shake off or have a chat with colleagues?
You can find out more about other break tips here.
(dpa) * merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network
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