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Stress costs 20 million days

A total of 20 million working days could be lost this year as a result of stress related absences from staff, according to new research by workplace consultancy Croner.

13.5m days were lost as a result of stress between 2007 and 2008 in the UK, and a recent survey by Croner revealed that 50% of workers feel more stressed now than a year ago.

“The survey reveals that work is the uppermost concern of employees at the moment. This should be a real wake-up call for British bosses who may be in denial that stress is a concern in their organisation,” said Gillian Dowling, employment technical consultant at Croner.

The research found that the top three causes of stress for UK employees were work (63%), finances (62%) and the economy (49%).

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .