Mental health issues most common reason for absence - research

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Stress and other mental health issues are now the most common reason for people absent from work, new research has found.

However employers are realising the importance of tackling workplace health by more actively promoting the schemes they have in place already. The survey conducted by Simplyhealth and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) revealed that mental health problems now accounted for more than 50% of absences. Perhaps surprisingly, this was true for both manual and non-manual work. It also found that nearly a third (30%) of employers are placing greater emphasis on promoting access to health and wellbeing initiatives compared to last year. Almost half (46%) of all ...

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