But instead of having more free time on their hands, it’s led to a worrying trend of work hours increasing by up to 10%. The Office for National Statistics found that people working from home during lockdown were doing at least six extra hours of unpaid overtime a week. The first worldwide study of its kind found that 745,000 people in 2016 died due to diseases from working extra hours. When it comes to how much extra work we do, we can point the finger of blame at technology. As things start to open back up, I hope this worrying trend is reversed.

Source: Daily Mirror May 19, 2021 19:53 UTC