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Health and Safety practitioners are assessing stress levels in organisations and litigation is on the increase.
Employers have a duty of care, and need to take action to show employees that the business recognizes the
importance of their wellbeing. Good health and happiness at work increase productivity which has a direct
impact on the business “bottom line”. Absenteeism, for example, can be a huge cost to the business and its
reputation so improving health, both physical and mental is of real importance to business performance.
“Action to reduce the cost of workplace absenteeism due to illness should be an integral part of the general
approach to improve the competitiveness of British business.” CBI Healthcare report 2001. According to the
healthcare consultancy IHC, 40 million days are lost each year in the UK due to absenteeism at a cost of £11.5 billion (figures for 2002). 13.4 million days a year are lost to stress, anxiety and depression.
Some symptoms of an unfit business:
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