Impact of Remote Work During Covid-19 Pandemic on Employees: Assessing Changes in Physical and Mental Well-Beings

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Kumari Pallavi

Abstract

COVID-19 has changed the entire work place structure in most of the companies across the world. Employees are working remotely from their homes and the rate of remote work has accelerated by a huge margin during this period. However, it has been observed that, work from office is more effective for physical and mental well-being, than work from home. Employees are physically and mentally affected by this new normal work culture across the world.  Aim of this study is to identify different aspects of physical and mental health of employees, who are working remotely during and after the pandemic. As per the literature review section, the main reason behind the decline in physical and mental well-being of a person during remote work are, food intake, zero communication with co-workers, distractions while working and in some cases extended working hours.


This study has reviewed different articles to gather relevant data from secondary sources for the data analysis process. As per the research review and content analysis, it has been found that the relationship between health and work is complex. Moreover, some of the employees have stated that, their experience and work efficiency while doing WFH depends on their atmosphere at home, network connectivity and many other aspects. Several health outcomes such as fatigue, depression, stress are found that are faced by employees while working from home. However, effective supports from organisations are the only way, to mitigate the negative effect of WFH. 

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Kumari Pallavi. (2022). Impact of Remote Work During Covid-19 Pandemic on Employees: Assessing Changes in Physical and Mental Well-Beings. European Economic Letters (EEL), 12(2), 205–216. Retrieved from https://www.eelet.org.uk/index.php/journal/article/view/2327
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