A Perth office is encouraging its staff to “nap openly” on the job as new data reveals more than half of the nation’s employees turned up to work exhausted in the past year.

The annual sleep survey – conducted by CoreData on behalf of HIF – found that up to one in five workdays were being affected by poor sleep, with significant economic impacts.

Of the 1003 working Australians surveyed for the 2024 Sleep Index Survey, 54 per cent admitted they had turned up to work exhausted, and almost nine in 10 said it was impacting their productivity.

Moreover, nearly three in 10 Aussies have faked a “sickie” because they were too tired to work, and 15 per cent had taken a “sneaky” nap at work or during work hours.