Matthew Taylor & RSA | Lockdown devastated UK employee health, new report finds

A new report from RSA’s Matthew Taylor and Vitality has found that multiple lockdowns worsened employee physical health, mental health and caused a gap between employee and employer expectations.

Some of the key conclusions included: finding that anxiety among staff had shot up as they worry about the office return, uncovering the gap between employer and employee expectations around remote working, and noting the decline of physical activity in over a quarter of the workforce.

Mental health and anxiety worries

One finding from the study concerned increased anxiety among employees. Vitality and RSA’s study found that 50% of homeworkers are anxious about returning to the office.