UK workers ‘masking stress as a physical illness’
Stress (21%), anxiety (18%) and/or depression (20%) are among the real reason that UK employees call in sick – despite claiming to have a physical health problem – according to research from wellbeing provider BHSF to mark Mental Health Awareness Week (May 14th-20th). In total 42% of employees (from 1,001 full time workers surveyed) have called in sick […]
Sickness or injury accounts for 137.3m UK working days lost
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that an estimated 137.3 million working days in the UK were lost due to sickness or injury in 2016. According to its Sickness Absence in the Labour Market 2016 report, coughs and colds were the most common reason for taking sick days at work, accounting for over 34 […]
