Employers take steps to handle workplace stress

The effects of stress on work are numerous. Stress from work is not separate from your personal life stress, it is hard to separate home life and work life. Some common stressors include the economic recession, unemployment, military conflicts around the world, death, relationship problems, and personal addiction. People bring their personal life stresses to work which affects their performance at work, and results in absenteeism, lashing out at co-workers, a decline in productivity, and even losing your job.

Research has shown that when an employee is going through a divorce, an employer will lose productivity from that person for a minimum of 18 months that person’s body is there but their efforts and mind are not at work and all of their energy is focused on something outside of the workplace.

A US study showed that Americans said their stress had increased over the last year. The top reasons for their stress were: personal finances, the national economy, work, family health problems, housing costs, and relationships. The American Institute of Stress states that stress in the workplace costs U.S. corporations about 300 billion dollars yearly. Managers should look for behaviours that are out of the ordinary for their employees and speak to them about it. Employers can offer help to the employee in order to deal with the problem.

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