Cost of Stress on Businesses |
Stress is the single biggest cause of sickness absence in the UK
- 1 in 5 people are stressed at work and up to 5 million feel ‘extremely’ stressed by their work
- about half a million people in the UK experience a high level of work-related stress which, they believe, makes them ill
- 12.8 million working days a year are lost to stress, depression and anxiety
- It costs British industry an estimated £100 billion a year in lost output
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