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Does Overtime Put Employees At Risk? The Evidence from a U.S. Heavy Manufacturer

Harris Allen, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT and Harris Allen Group, LLC, Brookline, MA

Thomas Slavin, MS, MBA, International Truck & Engine Corporation, Chicago, IL

William Bunn, MD, MPH, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL and International Truck & Engine Corporation, Chicago, IL

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