Friday 2 November 2018

Work-related stress and mental illness now accounts for over half of work absences

Work-related stress and mental illness now accounts for over half of work absences For the first time, work-related stress anxiety or depression accounts for over half of all working days lost due to ill health in Great Britain.

In total, 15.4 million working days were lost in 2017/18 as a result of the condition, up from 12.5 million last year. This equates to 57.3 per cent of the 26.8 million work days lost to ill health according to figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Daily Telegraph

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