24 BUSINESS WOMEN SCOTLAND feature
Stress in the
workplace
The 17th National Stress Awareness Day was held on the 4th of November
to help people beat stress. The theme this year was ‘Employee wellbeing as a
worthwhile investment in your business’.
Greg Levine, Director of Corporate Healthcare
at VitalityHealth, comments on National Stress
Awareness Day: “Long working hours, lengthy
commutes, high demands and constant connectivity
to mobile devices have become typical attributes
of the modern day office environment, and it is only
natural that employees are becoming increasingly
stressed as a result. Research from Britain’s
Healthiest Company shows that almost three quarters
(73%) of employees in the UK suffer from at least one
dimension of work-related stress, with time pressure
being cited as the biggest contributing factor.
“Stress has been proven to significantly decrease
staff productivity. While many organisations are
beginning to offer stress management programmes
more can be done, and National Stress Awareness Day
should act as a wake-up call for employers to invest in
the health and wellbeing of staff.”
In the last 5 years more than 13 million people have
taken time off work due to stress. There is still a huge
stigma to say that you may be suffering from stress
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