Poor workplace culture can have a huge effect on people’s mental and physical health, and it’s time ­business leaders addressed the issue urgently.

Measuring how a workplace affects staff has been difficult to do accurately, which has meant other aspects of business have taken priority over culture. Culture was seen as important but not urgent.

It’s time the quarterly figures included metrics other than ­dollars, square metres and ratings — otherwise the unintended consequences can be horrific, as has been the case with Orange France.

While you may have heard that sitting all day at work may be bad for your health, you may not realise that small and frequent changes from sitting and less time sitting in total can mitigate the potential harm.

Especially prolonged unbroken sitting time is associated with a range of health problems including musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, some cancers and premature mortality.