Stress affects the health of one in five workers

Wed, 21 Mar 2007

According to a new report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), as many as one in five workers in the UK are experiencing high levels of stress at work, leading to almost half admitting they are under ‘excessive’ pressure.

The CIPD found that almost half of those surveyed were under pressure once or twice every week, resulting in an estimated cost to UK businesses of a little less than 10 billion pounds.

Stress and the NHS is a contentious issue, with most people turning to private health insurance to treat their stress issues. In-house employee management programs have also been found to be effective in treating workplace stress.

The employee relations adviser, Ben Willmott, reportedly said that stress: "damages employee morale and productivity and leads to high staff turnover. Employers that fail to manage stress are also vulnerable to litigation and potentially high compensation payouts. Good people management can help to prevent most of the problems causing stress at work, such as lack of control over workload."
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