Interestingly, William Lever (1851-1925), one of the founders of Unilever, foreshadowed today’s ideas of maintaining a work-life balance. He advocated a six-hour working day, referring to the deadening effect of general factory life and its monotonous round of toil, both in a book he published on the topic and in his role as an MP. He believed in the welfare of his employees, female as well as male, because a healthy worker was an industrious worker, and a six-hour working day gave time to study, leading to an overall improvement in education, and to pursue wholesome pastimes such as gardening.