Technology 'stopping people switching off from work'

Feeling pressured to finish that project or answer that email at home? It's damaging your productivity, says a health expert. You'd better try to unwind

The combination of smartphones and increasing pressures at work has blurred the boundaries between work and home and made it impossible for people to switch off at the end of the working day, according to an expert in health psychology.

Mark Cropley, a professor at the University of Surrey and author of a new book The Off-Switch: Leave Work on Time, Relax Your Mind But Still Get More Done, said not reading your emails after office hours can improve your health and productivity at work.