"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." This is the tagline to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's also the basic premise of Go Home On Time Day, which is currently in its 11th year. So who's taking part this year? Anyone? Anyone?

Australian organisations have experienced an increase in business activity in the last 12 months and many are expecting existing staff to put in extra hours. For some employees, this overtime work is unpaid. That's according to new research by recruitment firm Hays.

Sometimes you have to crunch and work overtime. This can give you a productivity boost and help you get important projects over the line. However, studies show that doing this in the long term -- past four weeks -- can actually make us accomplish less.