Abstract

editorial 4 5 increases in sedentary behaviour. A Postpandemic hybrid work: recent Dutch survey reported increases in extensive screenwork (>6 hours/day) from opportunities and challenges for pre- COVID- 19 (69%) to during (87%) COVID- 19 and increases in sitting during both work and leisure time. However, to physical activity and public health what extent these changes were related 1 2 3 to other aspects of the pandemic, such as Nicholas Gilson , P Coenen , David Hallman, lockdowns and lack of access to exercise 4 3 5 Andreas Holtermann , Svend Erik Mathiassen, Leon Straker facilities, remains unclear. Another challenge is the demarcation of employer versus employee responsibility when working from home. For example, Hybrid work, typically considered to working population, namely finding the a German court recently ruled that an combine work from the traditional office time to engage in health promoting PA. employer had a duty of care to cover an and at home, is not a new phenomenon. In It is interesting to note that New Zealand employee insurance claim for an injury the decade before COVID-19 use of this researchers reported an increase in PA sustained on the ‘commute to work’ from work model was relatively