Instead of offering a holy grail of flexibility and work-life balance, what if WFH might lead us to an early grave by actually increasing stress and decreasing our fitness?
It’s remarkable to see how the post-pandemic work from home mantra has pervaded the Australian Public Service with unquestioning acceptance of its virtue.
What disturbs me as a physician is that health, both mental and physical, has been used as a justification for increasing flexibility provisions when the evidence underpinning the health benefits of working from home is sketchy and conflicting.
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Nick Coatsworth is a health reform advocate and doctoral scholar at the ANU School of Regulation and Governance.
