Higher levels of stress responding to supervisors when OOF

Employees who had supervisors expecting them to respond to work messages after work, compared to groups who did not, reported higher levels of psychological distress - 70.4 per cent compared to 45.2 per cent - and emotional exhaustion - 63.5 per cent compared to 35.2 per cent.

They also reported physical health symptoms, such as headaches and back pain - 22.1 per cent compared to 11.5 per cent.