With schools due to reopen soon, many of us will also be returning to work after the summer holidays. For those suffering from health issues especially, the past weeks will have provided a well-needed break from the daily grind, or what the French would colourfully refer to métro-boulot-dodo (metro-work-sleep).
That chronological straitjacket may be in the process of being loosened, however. Some of the world’s biggest companies, Google included, are now offering sleep pods to help with workers’ sleep issues, while Spain passed a law this year allowing women suffering from severe period to take menstrual leave. Increasingly, corporations are also taking measures to accommodate employees with different neurological profiles. So, are timetables and workplaces based on our individual biologies the way forward?
