Stress is one of Most Common Causes of Sickness Absence

• Author:
• Anthony Bertin

Sickness absence continues to be a major cost to UK business. According to the Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial Society) sickness rates have gone up by more than a third in the last year. The percentage of the working year lost has risen to 4.12% from 2.9%. In the public sector the rate has gone up from 2.97% to 7.86%. Stress was one of the most common explanations for sickness.

From the enquiries that we deal with it would seem that stress is one of the most significant negative fac... (177 more words)

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