Companies should help their desk-based staff with discounted gym memberships and cycling schemes to keep them fit. That’s the opinion of both health professionals and some company managers who see their staff sitting at their desks for up to nine hours every day, moving only for tea and toilet breaks.
The health risks to desk-bound staff are becoming a health and safety issue, where even sitting doing nothing can be dangerous, the Protecting.co.uk business law consultancy says.
“People who don’t move from their desks all day might not know the risks their letting themselves in for,” said Protecting.co.uk spokesperson Mark Hall. “A sedentary lifestyle can lead to all sorts of problems, not least through lack of fitness and the perils of deep vein thrombosis through long periods of inactivity.”
