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6th September 2018
04:37pm BST

Researchers found that those heading to the office were catching up on emails sent since they logged off yesterday, despite spending the commute home finishing off any extra work that needed doing.
“It’s dead time in a way, so what it allows me to do is finish stuff and not work in the evenings,” one commuter told researchers.Researcher Dr Juliet Jain says these changes in behaviour now blur the boundaries between work and personal time and says the “real challenge is deciding what constitutes work”.
“This increasing flexibility has the potential to radically shift the work-life balance for the better – but it also leaves open the door to stress and lower productivity,” the Institute of Directors’ Jamie Kerr added. “With the concept of clocking on and clocking off no longer straightforward, defining where leisure begins and work ends will be vital for both employers and individuals, as well as a complex task for regulators.”