I have updated Integration Training’s stress management research page.
From the HSE Stress Research:
“Why tackle work-related stress?
To reduce sickness absence
– Work-related stress accounts for over a third of all new incidences of ill health and this is on the increase.
– Each case of work-related stress, depression or anxiety related ill health leads to an average of 30.2 working days lost
– A total of 13.8 million working days were lost to work-related stress, depression and anxiety in 2006/07
– Mental health problems (most of which are stress related) cost employers an average of £600 per employee per year – 2009 figure)
To benefit your business
As well as reducing sickness absence costs to an organisation, tackling stress can have a positive effect on:
– Employee commitment to work
– Staff performance and productivity
– Staff turnover or intention to leave
– Staff recruitment and retention
– Customer satisfaction
– Organisational image and reputation…”