One in five workers, around five million people in the UK, is suffering from stress, leading to nearly 13.4 million working days a year being lost, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Stress accounts for more than 10 per cent of all sick leave from work, a joint study by the HSE and Personnel Today, the human resources journal, recently found. The Stress in the UK Workplace survey, based on the responses of 700 senior HR practitioners, suggests that stress is crippling UK business, hampering productivity and preventing employers from recruiting and retaining staff.
A further questionnaire of employees found that stress has spiralled to such levels that 42 per cent reported worrying about their job outside working hours; a quarter said these worries affected their sleep and a third said they felt overwhelmed by their work.
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