Two thirds of businesses report stress-related absences

The Health and wellbeing at work report, which is in its 24th edition, found that the top causes of stress were heavy workloads (41%), personal health issues (37%) and family/relationships (34%). Around 64% of organisations said they are taking steps to identify and/or reduce stress in the workplace, with 50% believing their efforts are effective. The Simplyhealth and the CIPD recently revealed that workplace absence levels in the UK have increased in the past year as more working adults face long-term health conditions. It identified stress as the cause for 26% of short-term workp...