Working from home can be hazardous to your health.
That’s according to a report from WorldatWork, which cites a Bupa UK poll to which 51 percent of respondents say they have work-related injuries that range from aches and pains to neck and back problems and other injuries.
According to Bupa UK, a Great Britain-based international health care group, some of the causes of these injuries include lack of a dedicated work area at home — with 25 percent of remote workers saying that that’s a problem — working hunched over, to which 50 percent admit, and working on a bed or sofa instead of in a chair at a desk; 40 percent say they’re guilty of doing so.
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