According to Statistics Canada, nearly three-quarters of the 3.4 million Canadians who began working from home at the start of the crisis were still working remotely in August. "There is something very important about this separation that we used to get from work," Joti Samra told CBC Monday. And this works similarly when leaving work stress and returning home. The balancing actTo create boundaries between work and home at home, Samra says it is best to literally build boundaries. For employees working from home, Shuffler, the U.S. professor who specializes in the psychology of work, said longer-term risks include burnout and depression if normal workplace habits and tools are not properly adapted.

Source: CBC News September 26, 2020 15:56 UTC