Report warns of 'crippling impact' on future health, wellbeing of employees

The Healthy Hybrid: A Blueprint for Business report, researched in partnership with the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), has warned of deteriorating physical health, increased anxiety and a hybrid working expectation gap among UK employees. With homeworking have become the norm for many UK staff since lockdowns were introduced last year, the report found that this has reinforced sedentary lifestyles leading to an ‘ergonomic timebomb' risking increased back and shoulder injuries and pain. This has been coupled with a reduction in physical activity of 28%. Meanwh...