Surveying Holistic Well-Being for Work from Home Employees: Insights for Organizational Practices.

Abstract

Occupational ApplicationsThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted workers and work. As Work from Home (WFH) modalities become more widely utilized, employers and workers alike face new benefits and challenges. The key aim of this report is to better understand the impact of WFH on the well-being of workers and identify potential risks of the WFH environment for this population subset. Using the NIOSH Worker Well-Being Questionnaire (WellBQ) tool, we quantified worker's well-being across five categories defined by the tool. Scores from individual items within these categories were then evaluated across different demographic factors (age, gender, education level, income, and WFH level) to better understand the implications of the WFH modality for the diverse WFH workforce. Evaluating well-being against the demographic scores may shed light on groups that need additional support, resources and tools to perform their work and remain in good health.