Men take more stress-related sick days than women

Men are four times more likely than women to phone in sick due to work-related stress, a new survey has suggested.  

In the survey of 3,000 workers by healthcare cash plan provider Medicash, 20% of men admitted to taking two sick days in the past month because of stress.

Work-induced stress was also found to be causing twice as many men as women to drink more, with one in five men saying they needed to drink after work most days.

Almost a third (31%) of women and 24% of men saying th... (305 more words)

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