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How much does stress-related Absenteeism cost?

A recent survey of employers in the UK revealed that absenteeism costs UK businesses around £10.5 billion a year and that stress was the second highest cause of absence among non-manual employees.

Added to this is the number of employees who underperform due to the pressures of worklife balance, change and restructuring, personal problems etc. Workforce Resilience can help organisations and individuals cope with today’s business environment of rapid change, faster pace and the need to deliver higher customer expectations with fewer resources.

Contact us if you'd like to know more about how to calculate the costs of stress-related absence

But what about presenteeism? Presenteeism is defined as the act of being present, but without giving of your full potential (for a whole variety of reasons including stress, illness, tiredness, demotivation, etc.).

A US company has done some interesting research on the costs of presenteeism to organisations www.stressdirections.com

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