Working from home could have bad impact on mental health, says law expert
With the UK being instructed more to work from home, new research from Harrison Clark Rickerbys suggests homeworking may be bad for our health and flexible working policies inadequate. The proportion of people who said that they felt homeworking had a negative effect on their wellbeing increased significantly from just three per cent pre-Covid, to almost one in five (17 per cent) during the first lockdown. One of the benefits of homeworking has been the absence of daily commuting, with nearly a fifth (19 per cent) saying that it’s what they liked most about working from home during th...