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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Black Workday employee sued the company, claiming race and disability discrimination.</li><li>Workday sent police to his home while he was in the hospital.</li></ul>A Black <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hr-software-tech-companies-employees-productivity-workday-oracle-adp-2024-8">Workday</a> employee filed a race and disability discrimination lawsuit against his employer after it sent police to his house for a "wellness check" while he was being treated at a hospital and had requested medical leave.Anthony Hill, a senior legal counsel at Workday, who is Black and on leave from the company, filed the lawsuit against the company in the Northern District of California's court in December 2023. The case is still ongoing.In June, the case was dismissed without prejudice because the court ruled that Hill had not adequately pleaded that California law should apply extraterritorially. Workday is based in California, while Hill is based in Maryland. Hill has filed an amended complaint, which Workday has moved to dismiss. Court-mediated settlement negotiations last month were unsuccessful.Hill alleges that he was on medical leave from October 12, 2022, to November 22, 2022.Leading up to his leave, Hill said he started drinking more as he faced more stress. On October 12, 2022, he went to the hospital due to "stress, exhaustion, and trauma associated with this and other disparate, discriminatory, retaliatory, harassing and hostile treatment of him" by other Workday employees, the lawsuit said.That day, Hill emailed his manager to inform her that he was having a medical emergency and going to the hospital. He also sent a completed leave request form and said he would file the required <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-pregnant-workers-parental-maternity-leave-can-be-laid-off-2023-3">Family and Medical Leave Act</a> paperwork soon.The following day, his manager replied with information about FMLA and said, "Please don't worry about work and focus on feeling better."On October 20, 2022, while he was still at the hospital, Workday sent police to his house for a "wellness check."According to a police report about the incident, a safety and security manager at Workday called the police for a welfare check on Hill because the company was unable to contact Hill or his wife, his emergency contact. The police spoke with Hill's wife, who confirmed that Hill was in medical treatment, the report said.Hill told Business Insider that he did not receive any records, calls or emails from Workday after the last email from his manager on October 13 and before the incident.At the hospital, Hill couldn't use his cellphone, so a member of the rehabilitation center staff informed Hill about this and allowed him to call his wife. Hill said when he heard about this, he felt like he "was going to have a heart attack," and his wife, who was home at the time, was "rattled" about the incident.The police department of Montgomery County, where the wellness check took place, declined to comment as it is not involved in the lawsuit."There's nothing they would've thought cops with guns could solve on October 20 that doctors with stethoscopes could not have solved," Hill told BI.Workday declined to comment on this report.FMLA guarantees eligible employees of covered employers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid medical or family leave in a year. The employee must make it clear they need to take leave for FMLA reasons, while the employer should let the employee know they qualify for medical leave and provide the paperwork for the employee to complete.The Department of Labor requires that employers give employees 15 calendar days to provide their complete medical certification under FMLA.Hill said he was initially worried about complying with the FMLA when he was admitted to the hospital because he had not finished the paperwork at the time, but the staff told him of this legal protection, and he said the hospital provided the FMLA paperwork within 15 days.Hill filed an EEOC charge against Workday in April 2023. In August 2023, he first filed a lawsuit against the company in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, which was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice.<h2 id="4f3f4d72-e4f6-4265-82fc-03ca97b5fe9d">Returning from medical leave</h2>A few months after returning from leave, Hill asked Workday's HR department in March 2023 for more information on the wellness check. The staff declined to provide him with information or documentation about it."They won't tell me anything. Did they think it was an emergency? Did they think I was in danger?" Hill said."Did they think I was going to hurt someone? Why did they send police to my house and endanger my wife and kids?"While Workday may have been trying to contact Hill to finish his FMLA paperwork, it's uncommon to send police to an employee's house for a wellness check, said Cassie Lenning, partner at Outten and Golden, a law firm that represents tech employees and is not involved in the lawsuit.If an employee had mental health issues that the employer was aware of, that could be a situation where an employer may send someone for a wellness check, Lenning said."Even in that circumstance, why wouldn't they send someone from the office as opposed to the police? There's still a level of escalation in calling the police, well-intentioned or not," Lenning said. "I question the judgment of someone who would send police to the home of a Black man. There are racial implications that are being ignored."Hill said after he went back to work, he received "awful treatment," such as receiving more pushback at work and getting left out of meeting invites. He said he had a modified schedule where he worked half-time.In January 2023, he reported to HR about his racial and disability discrimination claims at the company and asked to be transferred to a different group at work. The company's HR staff investigated the case and then closed it in March, concluding that his claims "lacked merit," the lawsuit said.<h2 id="c07eb502-03de-4d81-968b-8ee1f7197d20">Other claims of work discrimination</h2>Hill has worked at Workday since January 2021. Leading up to his leave, he said he had been seeking a promotion but had been denied one. When he asked his manager for one, he was told he had to put together and submit a document on his accomplishments."That's a hurdle my non-Black colleagues didn't have to overcome," Hill said.Later, he said he started getting more pushback in his work, such as when he enforced policies around limiting gift-giving to federal officials that the company wanted him to sign off on. According to the lawsuit, Hill also said a colleague told him during a meeting, "Everybody knows you don't want to work, Anthony," and doubled down on his work ethic and professional reputation. Hill told his manager that the incident "appeared racist.""It was quite clear to me they were setting me up to fail," Hill said.In March 2023, Hill was put on paid administrative suspension for five weeks. In May 2023, Hill went on approved disability and medical leave, although he said he was denied long-term disability leave."Without a doubt, I was retaliated against over and over again," Hill said.Workday is also facing a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/eeoc-says-workday-covered-by-anti-bias-laws-ai-discrimination-case-2024-04-11/">class action lawsuit</a> claiming its AI software for employers screens out job applicants for discriminatory reasons.In 2020, after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black people at the hands of police, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-executives-racism-diversity-black-lives-matter-protests-2020-6">several tech companies</a> shared statements taking a stand against racism. These promises have led to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/charts-tech-diversity-dei-change-years-george-floyd-protests-2022-6">little action</a> to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at tech companies.Got a tip? Contact this reporter via email at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:rmchan@businessinsider.com">rmchan@businessinsider.com</a>, Signal at rosal.13, or Telegram at @rosaliechan. (PR pitches by email only, please.) Other types of secure messaging available upon request.

A Black Workday employee sued the company after it sent police to his home for a 'wellness check' 

A local court on Wednesday extended till August 26 the <keyword id="19909598" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="police-custody" source="keywords">police custody</keyword> of the man arrested for allegedly sexually abusing two girls at a school in <keyword id="19972824" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Badlapur" source="keywords">Badlapur</keyword> town of Maharashtra's Thane district. The accused, who was employed as an attendant at the school where the incident took place last week, was produced before a magistrate at Kalyan in the district this morning amid tight police security. The court ordered the extension of his <keyword id="19909598" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="police-custody" source="keywords">police custody</keyword> till August 26, following which he was taken away by the police in a van, a senior official said. The police had arrested the accused on August 17. As per the complaint, he abused two kindergarten girls in the toilet of the school, the police have said. A massive protest broke out on Tuesday after parents of the school children and local citizens blocked railway tracks at <keyword id="19972824" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Badlapur" source="keywords">Badlapur</keyword> station and ransacked a local school building to protest against the incident and to demand strict punishment for the accused. Following the protest, the Maharashtra government announced formation of a special <keyword id="19919604" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="investigation" source="keywords">investigation</keyword> team (SIT) headed by senior IPS officer Arti Singh to probe the incident. Internet services in Badlapur town have been suspended in the wake of the protest and violence. At least 25 police personnel were injured in stone-pelting at the railway station and other parts of Badlapur on Tuesday and the police have arrested at least 72 persons in connection with the violence.

Court extends police custody of Badlapur sexual abuse case accused till Aug 26

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Footage posted on X Friday shows protesters clashing with police near a Tesla factory in Germany.</li><li>The electric car maker shut down production and told employees to stay home.</li></ul>Videos posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday appear to show protesters clashing with police near a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla">Tesla</a> factory in Germany.The first of three clips shared by the left-wing newspaper <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/jungewelt/status/1788869990088663420">Junge Welt</a> shows activists from the Disrupt initiative marching in Grünheide, around 20 miles southeast of Berlin, where Tesla's only gigafactory in Europe is located.Two other videos posted by the outlet show protesters <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/jungewelt/status/1788871931900371435">clashing with officers in a forest</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/jungewelt/status/1788875429509497114">breaking through a police barrier</a> on the way to the Tesla site.<a target="_blank" href="https://disrupt-now.org/en/wasistdisrupt/">Disrupt</a> is an "alliance" of self-declared anti-capitalist groups that oppose a plan to double the production capacity of the Grünheide factory.It argues that Tesla's expansion plan would require it to clear out local forest areas and could tighten local water supplies.On its website, <a target="_blank" href="https://disrupt-now.org/en/disrupt-tesla/">Disrupt</a> calls Tesla's CEO <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ceo-elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> a "misogynistic Twitter fascist" and argues that electric cars are "neither sustainable nor green.""The production of an electric car creates a huge ecological footprint through the consumption of resources and thus drives the global climate catastrophe even further," Disrupt says on its site."Every tree felled for Tesla is one too many, and every litre of water taken from the ground is wasted," it adds.André Thierig, a senior manufacturing director at the Grünheide plant, said in a <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/AndrThie/status/1787911294923702349">post on X</a> Tuesday that Tesla would shut down production on Friday, responding to a story by the German newspaper <a target="_blank" href="https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/elektromobilitaet-tesla-legt-produktion-in-gruenheide-fuer-vier-tage-still/100037131.html">Handelsblatt</a> that cited a company email."Without the explicit instruction and authority of your manager, access to the site or factory will not be possible," the email said, per the outlet.

Videos show protesters clashing with police near Tesla's Berlin gigafactory

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Scammers used deepfakes to trick an employee at engineering firm Arup into handing over $25 million.</li><li>The Hong Kong office employee believed that they were on a video call with the company's CFO.</li></ul>Scammers used <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/what-is-deepfake">deepfakes</a> to trick an employee in the Hong Kong office of a major international corporation earlier this year, costing the firm $25 million.News of the scam was first reported in February, but the company involved was not named.However, on Friday the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/b977e8d4-664c-4ae4-8a8e-eb93bdf785ea?accessToken=zwAGGKKhDi-wkdO5d-jUZkxK5NOKjuuTvfeF6g.MEQCIAHXhc7fCkcUblIno0yG0ARNzn0Y2o_t71lOg_Tjb5pHAiA2HceMsRzyeqiO3Nv3majvwLQdGvXXFjtYUfIYHr0LNQ&amp;sharetype=gift&amp;token=6267781b-473e-4783-b880-3e24876e73eb">Financial Times</a> reported that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/i-shifted-work-hours-four-day-week-fridays-side-hustle-2023-4">Arup</a>, the engineering company behind buildings like the Sydney Opera House and Apple's California headquarters, was the victim of the scam.Back in January, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/deepfake-coworkers-video-call-company-loses-millions-employee-ai-2024-2">an employee in the finance department</a> of the company's Hong Kong office attended a video call with what they believed to be the company's CFO and other staff members.But everyone else on the call was actually an AI-generated deepfake made using publicly available video and audio recordings, Hong Kong public broadcaster <a target="_blank" href="https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1739119-20240204.htm">RTHK</a> reported, citing police.Acting senior superintendent Baron Chan told RTHK that on the video call, the employee was instructed to transfer HK$200 million ($25.6 million), split over 15 transactions, to five local bank accounts.After around a week, the employee realized it was a scam when they contacted the company's headquarters.The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made so far, the Financial Times reported.Arup did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider but told the FT in a statement that it had "notified the police about an incident of fraud in Hong Kong," adding that the incident involved "fake voices and images.""Our financial stability and business operations were not affected and none of our internal systems were compromised," Arup said.Deepfakes are becoming more prevalent as <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chat-gpt-2023-1">advancements in AI</a> open up new ways for malicious actors to target companies and individuals.Hong Kong authorities have also warned people about a deepfake scam going around of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>, where fraudsters are using the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-net-worth">billionaire's</a> likeness to trick people into investing in its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-deepfake-crypto-scam-hong-kong-2024-5">crypto software</a>.It's not the only time scammers have used deepfakes of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ceo-elon-musk">Tesla CEO</a> to steal money. Earlier this year, a woman in South Korea said scammers used a deepfake of Musk to trick her into handing over $50,000, which <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-fell-in-love-deepfake-elon-musk-gave-50000-dollars-2024-4">she believed would be invested</a> on her behalf. She even had a video call with someone she thought was Musk, where he expressed his love for her.Deepfakes have also been used in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/romance-scams-ai-deepfakes-yahoo-boys-nigeria-fraud-2024-4">romance scams</a>, which use fake online personas to gain their victim's trust before tricking them into handing over money.

An engineering giant behind Apple's HQ and the Sydney Opera House lost $25 million when scammers tricked an employee with a deepfake of a senior exec

<ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/seniors-share-why-they-moved-into-cohousing-people-their-age-2022-11">Senior citizens</a> blockaded banks and cut up <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-rising-interest-rates-retirees-credit-card-debt-no-savings-2022-4">credit cards</a> across the US after a dire UN climate report.</li><li>Nine older Americans and one scientist were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-risk-arrest-in-global-climate-protests-2022-4">arrested</a> after occupying a bank lobby in Washington DC.</li></ul>SAN FRANCISCO —As rain walloped the city and howling winds filled the narrow streets between skyscrapers, more than 100 people gathered before a glass facade on a busy street in downtown <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-work-from-home-cities-office-apocalypse-urban-doom-loop-2023-3">San Francisco</a> on Tuesday.Grey-haired San Francisco protestors donned hats and rain jackets, set up a tent, passed around colorful banners and signs, and sang songs about protecting future generations. The smell of sage filled the air.<div type="image" title="people in rain jackets umbrellas hold yellow banner reading 1000 grandmothers for future generations" height="1500" width="2000" msid="98979384" hostid="261"></div>Their target — the glass doors and walls — was an entrance to the corporate offices of Wells Fargo, one of four major banks that are the biggest lenders to the fossil-fuel industry. The others are Bank of America, Chase, and Citibank, according to a 2022 <a href="https://www.ran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BOCC_2022_vSPREAD-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from six environmental and advocacy organizations.If you're looking for more <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/best-environmentally-friendly-banks">environmentally friendly banks</a> consider PNC, Hanover Bank, and Capital One.<div type="image" title="people gathered in front of wells fargo and co glass facade" height="1500" width="2000" msid="98979386" hostid="261"></div>This was one of 100 locations where older Americans, aged 60 and up, called themselves the "Rocking Chair Rebellion" and blockaded those banks across the country.<div type="image" title="older women sit in rocking chairs in the sun holding sign reading i'm done with wells fargo" height="1500" width="2001" msid="98979388" hostid="261"></div>The protests came the day after the United Nations released the final installment of a <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/">dire climate change report</a>. That assessment, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, paints a grim picture of the future if the world doesn't <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cutting-pollution-may-cost-more-after-supreme-courts-climate-decision-2022-7">cut emissions of planet-warming gases</a> in half by 2030. To achieve that, scientists agree, it's crucial to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-crisis-could-turn-around-this-decade-ipcc-report-2022-4">stop using fossil fuels</a> like coal and oil."That's all we've asked of these banks — that they stop lending for the expansion of this industry," environmentalist and author Bill McKibben told Insider.<div type="image" title="street full of people lying down playing dead with colorful picket signs" height="1500" width="2251" msid="98979390" hostid="261"></div>He helped launch this campaign, called Third Act, to organize Americans aged 60 and up for climate action."If you have $5,000 in one of these banks, it gets lent out for pipelines and so on, and that produces more carbon than flying back and forth across the country," McKibben said.At similar protests in cities across the country, senior citizens cut up their credit cards and sat in lines of rocking chairs.<div type="image" title="inside orange bucket with scissors and cut up credit cards" height="1500" width="1999" msid="98979392" hostid="261"></div>Nine seniors were arrested on Wednesday, alongside ecologist <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-researchers-ejected-from-agu-fall-meeting-banner-activism-interview-2022-12">Rose Abramoff</a>, after sitting in the lobby of a Chase Bank in Washington, DC and singing songs for an hour, according to a statement and photos shared with Insider.<div type="image" title="police arrest two older people tie their hands behind their banks at a police car in a city street" height="1536" width="2048" msid="98979525" hostid="261" sizebytes="510554"></div>"If you're 65 now, you've been on the planet for 80% of the emissions that have been emitted. We older folks have a debt to pay to our children and grandchildren," Deborah Moore, a campaign strategist at Third Act, who led the San Francisco protest, told Insider.<div type="image" title="four people hold a red and yellow banner across a city street one person waves a crutch in the air" height="1500" width="2000" msid="98979393" hostid="261"></div>"This event is led and organized by older Americans, but it's multigenerational," she added.There were no arrests in San Francisco, where three young people and three older people chained themselves to the Wells Fargo doors.<div type="image" title="six people wearing jackets hoods stand in a line chained together at the hips in front of glass doors holding up their fists" height="1500" width="2000" msid="98979394" hostid="261"></div>"We're hoping to damage the reputation enough that people say: 'Oh no, Wells Fargo is not a good guy. They're not a good community partner, and neither is Bank America or Chase or Citibank. And we need not to bank with them,'" said Mo, a 66-year-old chained to the bank's door, who declined to share their full name for privacy.<div type="image" title="people in rain jackets ponchos paint glue onto glass business windows and hang protest signs" height="1500" width="2000" msid="98979395" hostid="261"></div>"It's about a commitment to the next generation," Mo added.As protestors chanted, gave speeches, and painted the street in front of Wells Fargo HQ, a procession of grey-haired people wearing tattered burlap sacks silently marched in a line around the perimeter of the protest.<div type="image" title="five people in burlap sacks medieval costume walking down rainy street" height="1800" width="2400" msid="98979396" hostid="261"></div>A thin, blotchy layer of white powder covered their faces, and they wore signs reading "drought," "mega-fires," and "floods" — events that are becoming <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-change-alter-human-life-un-ipcc-report-2022-2">more severe and destructive</a> as global temperatures rise.<div type="image" title="five people in burlap sacks medieval costume wearing signs reading floods heat waves drought sea level rise" height="1800" width="2400" msid="98979434" hostid="261"></div>They called themselves "The Lamenters" and declined to answer any questions."The most important thing an individual can do, I think, is to be a little less of an individual, to join together with others in movements large enough to make real change," McKibben said.

Police arrested senior citizens who blockaded banks in a 'Rocking Chair Rebellion' to end fossil fuel use

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A police officer in China was seen bringing an "electro-sword" to stand guard at an exam center.</li><li>The 3.6-foot baton emits an electric current and features a cross-guard to catch melee weapons.</li></ul>A Chinese police officer turned heads on social media this week for wielding a giant electric baton designed like a sword.The special forces officer was on duty outside an exam center in Luoyang as she explained the features of the baton — or the "electro-sword" <a href="https://twitter.com/zhao_dashuai/status/1666812328271302659?s=46&amp;t=bkmJfZuvxzKCaiQCsNuiTw">as one Twitter blogger called it</a> — to a camera."The strength of its electric current is between 270 and 350. It won't do too much harm to a person's body," said the officer, holding up the nearly four-foot baton. It's not clear what unit of measurement she was referring to.A special cross-guard on the baton lets her defend against strikes from other melee weapons, <a href="https://weibo.com/1157502503/N4nmVEjn8?refer_flag=1001030103_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she said in a video posted on Weibo, China's version of Twitter.</a><div type="image" title="The officer holds her &quot;electro-sword&quot; as she breaks down its features." height="1080" width="1440" msid="100868206" hostid="261" sizebytes="69954"></div>Chinese police, usually SWAT teams or special units, have been carrying these batons for several years. One unit in Shenzhen, called the "peacekeeping special force," was issued the baton in 2016.<a href="http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0722/c98649-9090006.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State media</a> reported that the stick is made of titanium, and was designed to help officers fight against adversaries carrying long sticks, machetes, or pipes. The report did not say if the batons could emit an electric shock like the one filmed this year.The swords are sometimes paired with small shields that cover only the arm of the officer, <a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA4MDI3NTc2Mg==&amp;mid=2652339929&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=b1ceaada6e4952331421ef9940483a65&amp;chksm=84456e84b332e792b232d497db17229af2f66af40c9d2e287c7738bad755b0560291408a07f4&amp;scene=27" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as seen in this post by the Xingan Public Security Bureau.</a><div type="image" title="The sword-like baton is sometimes paired with a shield that just covers the officer's arm." height="810" width="1080" msid="100868207" hostid="261" sizebytes="67832"></div>Some units are also equipped with two-handed maces, and long steel forks that supposedly are useful for disabling errant martial artists, <a href="https://mil.news.sina.com.cn/jssd/2019-05-17/doc-ihvhiews2461167.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the Sina Military blog.</a>Special police units equipped with "electro-swords" <a href="https://weibo.com/6183820815/N4k2JyHRR?refer_flag=1001030103_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have been deployed to some exam centers</a> in China this week, as high school seniors across the country take the biggest standardized test of their schooling lives.National anxiety over the two days of exams, which are called "Gao Kao," is so prevalent that some cities <a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-gao-kao-2-days-china-exams-high-school-2023-6?amp">roll out police squadrons and organize volunteer fleets of cars</a> to escort students and make sure things run smoothly.One student with an ankle injury was even <a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-gao-kao-2-days-china-exams-high-school-2023-6?#one-student-with-an-ankle-injury-was-even-carried-to-his-exam-hall-by-a-swat-officer-in-taizhou-10">carried to his exam hall by a SWAT team</a>.

A police officer brought an 'electro-sword' to stand guard outside an exam center as Chinese students took the tests of their lives

<ul class="summary-list"><li>People in professions where they have to work night shifts are more likely to develop health issues.</li><li>That's according to Whoop's vice president of performance science Kristen Holmes. </li></ul>People who work night shifts may experience disruption to their quality of life and are also at risk of dying as much as 15 years sooner than those who have a more natural work pattern, according to a senior executive at fitness tracker company Whoop.Kristen Holmes, Whoop's vice president of performance, who has worked for the company since 2016, spoke with Steven Bartlett for an episode of his podcast <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hwlvkfp698">The Diary of a CEO</a>. Holmes discussed the importance of sleep, getting sunlight, and how shift workers are impacted by an irregular sleep schedule. "Anyone who is up for more than two hours between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. is considered a shift worker," Holmes said in the podcast referring to workers like doctors, nurse, firefighters, police officers, truck drivers and more. "We know those folks on average are going to die 15 years sooner," she added. "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/iarc-monographs-volume-124-night-shift-work/">Shift work is considered a carcinogen by the World Health Organization</a>. Those folks are making an enormous sacrifice." Holmes didn't refer to a specific scientific study when speaking about early deaths, but the negative impact of shift work is well documented.One <a target="_blank" href="https://www.acpjournals.org/journal/aim/tip-sheets/2023-september-12">recent study</a> of 60,000 middle-aged nurses published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that night owls were more likely to engage in unhealthy lifestyles including smoking, lack of sleep, and being physically inactive. They also had a 72% higher risk of developing diabetes. Women who worked rotating night shifts for five or more years were slightly more likely to die from cardiovascular diseases, another study published in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150105081757.htm">Science Daily in 2015</a> found. Women who worked those shifts for 15 or more years had an increased risk of dying from lung cancer. Holmes told Bartlett that she studies ways to "offset some of the impact of being awake during the biological night," and "minimize the disruption to our circadian rhythms," which can include when you eat protein or viewing light. Circadian rhythm refers to one's sleep-wake cycle over the course of a 24-hour day and is influenced by how light or dark it is outside. "The fact is that the roster size at these hospitals is just simply not big enough to be able to deploy schedules that mitigate some of the risk associated with this disrupted circadian rhythm," Holmes said. She added that low moods, depression, and suicide are higher amongst people in professions where they have to work night shifts and operate "counter to their natural light-dark cycle." Other health effects of being awake at night can include sleep disorders, poor digestive health, and high blood pressure, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/health-risks-of-working-at-night-shift-2019-1#it-could-cause-heart-issues-9">Business Insider previously reported</a>.

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