Illness warning to ‘screen slaves’
Workers are putting their mental and physical health at risk by continuing to work after they leave the office, a new report has warned.
A study by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy showed that people are doing more than two extra hours’ work every day while commuting and after arriving home.
The so-called “screen slaving” is blamed on work pressures, although some people said working at home in the evening helps to ease their stress levels.
A study of more than 2,000 office workers found most spent over six hours in front of a computer screen during the day, before turning on their smartphones or other devices on their way home.